I was writing from my experience, which includes SF and NYC more than London (it's been well over a decade since I was in London). His thesis was that travel h

I was writing from my experience, which includes SF and NYC more than London (it's been well over a decade since I was in London). His thesis was that travel has become a token of narcissism for Westerners ("idea has seeped into the West’s worldview"). He even describes a Canadian couple who he believes fits this description at the end. My reply is that maybe that's the case in big cities, but that travel off the "beaten path" is relatively rare among most Westerners, at least in the US.