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Most Americans don't even travel far within their own country. The vast majority have never seen New York or San Francisco, for example. Or the Rockies, even.
by hellofunk 10y ago
Most Americans don't even travel far within their own country. The vast majority have never seen New York or San Francisco, for example. Or the Rockies, even.
- tremendo 10y agoThat's interesting, you've repeated this in a few comments. I am not american, but living in the US, and it's always been my observation that while true, americans seldom travel outside their own country, they do travel, a lot, within their own continent-sized nation. In fact, almost everyone I know here is quite frequently taking little trips, both business and pleasure, be it to see relatives (families are very dispersed) or friends, or just sight seeing. In my experience just about everyone has been to New York or San Francisco, or the Bahamas, Hawaii, not to mention LA, FL, the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Chicago, New Orleans, etc. At one point or another, just about everyone takes the proverbial road trip across most of the US. And I'm pretty sure that any one point in time, there are more airplanes, packed, flying over the US than on any other part of the world, probably combined. Of course, it may be my own distorted vision of reality.
- hellofunk 10y agoI am going to guess that you live in a large city on one of the coasts... is this correct? Because if so, you are right. If you live in the MidWest where most Americans live, then your report would really surprise me.