I grew up in a very rural small town. There wasn't much to choose from for sex. I did drive 3 hours once to hookup with a guy in St. Louis. The sex was mediocre and he stiffed me on the gas money he promised me. I decided I was never doing that again.
For my best friend and I, our usual choice was to drive an hour to a bigger town that had gay bars, adult bookstores, etc. We would travel to the bigger town 4 or 5 times a week to visit the adult bookstores/hookups. Eventually both of us moved there. I moved there because I started dating a guy (my first boyfriend) and he followed me a few years later.
Years later, when online hookups became popular, I wouldn't drive more than 10 minutes for a hookup.