I think the costs of travel are overstated. Most people I've met assume travel is out of reach unless they're wealthy. Even the author suggests that Prague and

I think the costs of travel are overstated. Most people I've met assume travel is out of reach unless they're wealthy. Even the author suggests that Prague and Barcelona are the same, but one has a fraction of the cost of living a fraction of the other. For example, you'd save money flying to Prague and living there for a year. Travel is expensive when people expect the same exact creature comforts and familiarities they have back home because that's what gives rise to the amusement park cities the article talks about. But that's criticism of some travelers and marketing, not of travel in general. And that's where the article drops the ball hard. I think we need more articles that fight against travel marketing, not articles that try to discourage travel at all. Most people already don't travel yet hold world views as if they do.