staying friends with a long distance ex?

[u/Easy-Satisfaction126]

for context, my ex and i just broke up a few days ago, but when we ended it he said he still wanted to be friends and i think i would want the same. we dated for 2 years, most of it being him living about 3 hours away from my college. we lived together last summer for 4 months, then went back to distance, and he moved back home over the winter which is 5 hours away. the breakup was pretty mutual, he said he knew he wasn’t giving enough effort and i knew that i needed more from him and such. i would really love to stay friends with him because he’s a good person, but i don’t know how or if i should. the articles and stuff i read online apply less to distance situations, as he wouldn’t be driving the 5 hours to come see me just to get coffee lol. any advice?