No nation is more passionate about competitive swimming than Australia, where the majority of people live within a short drive of the ocean.

One million people live within a two-hour drive (200 km/120 mile radius).

And roughly 75 percent of the people who take them, he estimated, live within a four-hour drive of the port.

Two-thirds of the American population live within a one-day drive of the city.

Over three million people live within a 45 minute drive of the centre.

Reinforcing the community flavor, three members of the design team live within a five-minute drive of the theater.

As this century turns, it's expected that virtually all Americans will live within a four-hour drive of a casino.

All those studied were from middle-class suburbs and lived within a two-hour drive from their parents.

Most important, 30 million people live within a 500-mile drive of the cruise ship terminal, including nearby Houston, the nation's fourth-largest city.

Some 4.5 million people live within a two-hour drive of the city, and the Tampa Bay area ranks as the nation's 13th-largest media market.