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> Not nearly enough has been written about "travel as status-seeking". What are you talking about? Travel is status seeking and status displaying. It showed up
by notyourday 7y ago
> Not nearly enough has been written about "travel as status-seeking".
What are you talking about? Travel is status seeking and status displaying. It showed up after WWII.
"I travel" is a polite way of saying "I am rich enough to travel". "I like going to places, seeing new things, meeting the locals and blah blah blah" is a polite way of saying "I'm rich enough to be able to take off work time for going to new places, seeing seeings, meeting the locals and blaj blah blah"
- word-reader 7y agoThis might be frequently true of travel qua travel, but people also go places for other reasons, like business, meeting & having fun with friends, specific activities that can't be done at home, or just relaxation sans broadcasting it to all their peers and the world.