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Originally Posted by kane
A quick question about this. When it comes to Germany do they consider "abroad" as visiting another country, or actually crossing an ocean? I say this because in Europe you can hope a train and go just about anywhere on the continent pretty easily so it isn't hard to visit a lot of different countries, but in the US, not so much.
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germans do not have to cross an ocean to see a VERY other culture.
btw. US citizens donīt have to do that either.
you have a border with latin america on the same continent.
but "far travels" are trendy since many many years.
I can not find numbers right now but I would assume that around 30% of all travelers
go on other continents.
another aspect is that i just told you about the number of travelers and not the number of travels what would be even higher because germanīs have quite a lot of holidays and many of them travel 2 or 3 times per year.
as i personally know a lot of americans what i met in europe, in asia and in the rest of the world I think I can also tell you that the average (travelling) american is something completely else as the group what represents usa here.
the americans i met personally i love and respect a lot.
i was growing up in a generation after WW2 what was mostly formed from american influence. when i was a boy i thought all americans are superman.
and i still WANT TO BELIEVE that the majority of them are because without america the world would not be the same place. many great inventions came from there - even when they where made from immigrants. but the freedom of america and the curiosity of america gave them the chance to do it. this is what i STILL respect this country for.
but the USA are on a dangerous way and there are a lot of things to fix (not only since trump). one of it is the free education what is necessary to give democracy a sense and to let EDUCATED people decide who should lead a country.
this is not the case because in the country who INVENTED modern marketing only a small minority knows what a market is and what the rules of economy are.
in this case (were you should be number 1 in the world) the rest of the world has overtaken america.
even in african countries kids get get this type of education for free. thatīs why african immigrants to the US are among the most educated groups in the usa. 48.9 percent of all african immigrants hold a college diploma what is more than double the rate of native-born white americans, and nearly four times the rate of native-born african americans.
so fix your problems at the roots !