Is the return trip really shorter or does it just feel that way?
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Usually it just feels that way but it can be if you're flying on an airplane from West to East for example;)
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I drive faster on the way back so it can be that way :)
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Generally speaking, it is actually a psychological trick as a result of the way the human brain works. If the outward journey is one you haven't done before, or rarely do, then your brain is constantly creating a mental map of landmarks and taking in information about your surroundings. This makes the time feel longer. On the return journey much of this mental mapping is reduced so you don't feel it takes as long. The other psychological factor is that usually when you're on the outward journey you normally have a deadline to meet and that makes time feel like it's a more valuable resource. Of course, some people will drive the return journey more quickly so the trip will be shorter, time-wise.
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Of course the return trip is shorter...if you walk there and take a plane back.
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It's not the distance but the traffic. Unless the world is really getting smaller XD
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I feel that it is, but I know it isn't
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I think I'm one of the few who feels the trip there is shorter. I'm always so excited to be traveling and taking in all the new things that time flies by. The trip home is just that. Not nearly as exciting so it seems to take forever.
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Driving, no. It drags on and on. Flying, yes. It can't drag on because there is no friction from the ground to slow it.
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No, the mileage is pretty much the same, it just feels shorter because you're now familiar with the trail. :)
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I find this as well. I have concluded that it just SEEMS shorter. When you're on your way to somewhere new, you're processing a lot of information about stuff you've never seen before. On the way back, you've already seen it all. I think it's just psychological. :)
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I feel that the trip back in longer if anything
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It doesn't seem that way when I'm walking.
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According to MapQuest it is the same distance. I think it feels shorter because you get to see familiar territory when you are getting tired.
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I've always found the opposite, especially on long journeys. Going somewhere for a trip you are more "up", and the time flies, but coming home you are usually tired, no-one is talking as much, and you're going back to the boringly familiar, so it drags more.
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Return IS shorter. Perception IS reality. It's the end of the world as we know it.
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It just feels that way. Many times if I'm driving a long distance home, it feels much longer.
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it feels that way unless you take a different way back. you could also feel tired out when you're going back too.
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No. I take the scenic route back.
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The anticipation is expectation The ride home is the coming down from it all
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ok, well , the distance from A to B is 10 miles , the distance from B to C is 30 miles , you are driving from A( your house) to C (to your grandmas 220th birthday party . on the way back, you drive the route CBA. CBA is actually only a 10 minute drive . So you SEE , the return trip actually is shorter... it makes so much sense ... i would love to draw i diagram but AB does not have that feature.... thanks again my lovely class, that was another lesson from Prof. Cyko .... ( When you draw the diagram yourself... make sure you use flamingo pink as the road TO the birthday party , and Moss Green for the trip home ! its wont measure out the right way if you dont.) class dismissed
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it really always seems that way - i could never understand why!!?
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It seems that way when it comes to my work, as far as turns and lane changes.
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