On my map it's ten miles outside where the Phoenix beltway ought to be (if it were completed), so it's a suburb. Gaithersburg is 30 miles from DC. Santa Rosa is pretty far from SF.
Have you ever driven it? I have plenty of times. It's 30 miles.....
One does not greet death when he knocks at your door.
Nay you repeatedly punch him in the throat as he slowly drags you away.