there is already so much beauty, novelty, and interesting diversity in the US that it takes a slightly bigger push to get past this local maxima That statement

there is already so much beauty, novelty, and interesting diversity in the US that it takes a slightly bigger push to get past this local maxima That statement though is illustrative of my point, though. Canadians and/or Australians will either view their country as boring or too large, and so they head overseas. Americans don't. I don't think this speaks so much to the actual fact than it does to the way one looks at the situation.