It is strange, I'm in Michigan and I've met several people that live within the same distance to me. One time, as we were checking out of one hotel and moving to another I struck up a conversation with a guy with a block M tattoo (Michigan Wolverines, Go Blue!). Turns out, they were moving into our room, he's a regular on a Michigan Athletics site that I frequent, went to my high school, and lives a few minutes away from my house. Small world. Since then we've met a couple others that live within 20 minutes or so.