It also depends on the part of America. On the west coast- (and visitors/tourists often get surprised by this-) The US west coast has 3 states, with California being most of the coast. You can hop between east coast states, traversing 4,6,8 or more states in a single days drive. Visitors to the west coast often get disappointed to find out a single weekend isn’t enough time to even see the major land marks because its one state but is twice as large as the entire UK.
My cousin: no.