Yes, my Dad once drove to Indiana from Boston in a day, 1,000+ miles.

But what I really meant was looking at how much people move around and end up in a place miles away from where they grew up. This guy thought he was moving to a small bedroom community in the US and he was surpirsed to find that his neighbors daughter lived in the country where he was from.

If my neighbor in London were to say, 'Hey my daughter lives in Chicago' rather than say Brighton or Ealing, I'd have the same thought. Maybe 'small world' isn't the right phrase. Maybe 'well traveled' world is better.