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[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

For a third of the price, at scale, I think that's an easy yes. It's only 40km.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

40km from the border. 4 hours total each way

[–] tornavish@lemmy.cafe 1 points 22 hours ago

On foot uphill in the snow

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

What? I stige 45 km one way to work every day and it takes me 43 minutes. Where'd you get 4 hours from??

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Literally the first two paragraphs (hell, the first two sentences) of the article

Almost every month, Mr Cihan Citak gets into his car, passport in hand, and sets off from Istanbul to Alexandroupolis, a Greek seaside city 40km from the Turkish border.

After a roughly four-hour drive, he walks the crowded aisles of the local supermarket, filling his cart with wine, cheese and other groceries that cost a fraction of what they do back home.

He's not starting from the border, he's starting from Istanbul, which is not anywhere near the border.

[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 hours ago

Hmm, yeah that's rough. I guess if he lads up and reduces number of trips it might be worth it. It's definitely a run-the-numbers calc.

[–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Alexandropolis is 45km from the border, Istanbul is another 200km on a straight line (thus more).

There's an international border crossing in between and probably potential for heavy traffic around Istanbul.

Edit: stupid math mistake