When I was going to college, it took a minimum of 4 hours to drive the 120 miles from home to school. It takes about 2 1/2 hours to drive the 180 miles between Casper and Cheyenne, WY. While it is a longer distance, it is not filled with lots of stops and 30 mph speed limits like in the eastern U.S.
Oh wow that’s a long way! Although that said, if you go on the highways it’s not 30 mph speed limits lol it is in towns though definitely but highways are a lot faster and I never ever go long distances on little roads LOL
Also, my first college I went to was like 9, 10 hours away driving and I sometimes flew home instead haha flight was only like an hour and a half lol though of course it was an hour and a half to the airport (my uncle usually drove me) then an hour home from ours lol but still.
And my brother went to school in western MA and it was 3 hours away.