I'm actually not, but the person I was replying to clearly was given the "three states over" comment. I explicitly specified the statement was conditional on customers not being within walking distance.
replyDriving across three states to go buy something is peak US :)
replyPeak east coast US! You can travel three states of distance and back in a day or less on the east coast.
replyThree states over and back would be a day or two minimum, but potentially nearly a week on the west coast. (Depends on start and stop locations obviously, but if you start from eg Portland, three states over could be the Dakotas).