The 3b just has USB 2, so even with slow spinning rust, that’s going to be a bottleneck. But it’s probably still plenty fast as a remote storage device for media storage.
Edit: said I didn’t know OP’s use case but in re-reading they did say. Edited accordingly.
74 miles/119km.
I don’t consider that specific place home. While it’s not particularly far, I have no memories of it and it is different culturally. The state in general though I do consider home.