Far or near are relative terms. Far or near from where or what? Yet we use both terms often, especially when referring to people who dwell a few miles from us. Both Spanish and English have colorful expressions to express the idea of being "far" from where we are or live. Let´s look at some such expressions:
Vivir en el quinto pino (quinto infierno, donde Cristo
dio las tres voces, en el culo del mundo, en medio de la nada, en la
Conchinchina) Live in the back of beyond (out in the sticks, in the
boonies, in the middle of nowhere)
David se ha mudado y ahora vive en el quinto
pino, a cinco horas de aquí David has moved and now lives out in the sticks
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