i have my boyfriends family all within a few miles and do we see them. nope. only if we go to them. so it wouldn't make much difference if they lived a million miles away, would just be less folk to visit and save a lot of upset that they don't make an effort with us or thier neice/nephew, grandson etc
at least if they were far away they might make the effort to get up one day and say, lets go visit them rather than us sitting watching them drive into the street, do their visiting then leave!!!