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Even though there is a lot of truth in your comments, I know a lot of people to 'travel' and they do it rather normally. No instagrams. Just regular travel. "P
by edblarney 10y ago
Even though there is a lot of truth in your comments, I know a lot of people to 'travel' and they do it rather normally. No instagrams. Just regular travel.
"Permanent decline in standard of living means you'll never travel internationally"
This is total rubbish. People are travelling way, way more than ever before.
I live in Montreal, one of the poorest metro areas in North America and the 'millenials' here travel a LOT. They prioritize it a little more than other things, and it's easily affordable. Travel is cheaper and more accessible than ever.
- VLM 10y agoI agree with your comments in that I missed a major theme which is the sub culture of people who read books, the vast middle class plain old Joe 6 pack American, HN readers which are a very peculiar subgroup of the population but mistakenly think they typical, and finally the population of people still wealthy enough to travel don't seem to have much overlap anymore. At one point lots of joe 6 packs read books and a nice book about visiting the home land of Ireland sounds like a nice amount of adventure and was semi-realistic enough to consider, not so much anymore.