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Originally Posted by Robbie
I'd guess that most Europeans do too.
Sure the ballers here on GFY get to travel a bit. But the normal working people in Europe? Highly doubt it.
Just watching Anthony Bourdain's CNN show "Parts Unknown" where he travels the world...I saw him in Sicily eating horse with people that was bought on a street market.
Looking at those people...they have never been 5 miles from home, much less 10. lol
It's easy to make fun of the U.S., but not everyone in Europe has a ton of money to go traveling all over the world either.
And I'd say that just as many U.S. citizens who DO have that kind of money travel the world as do Europeans who have the money to travel.
People living week to week trying to take care of their families don't travel internationally.
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This says much of what I would've answered (and coming from a European too):
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Originally Posted by StefanG
well - at least on mainland Europe it's much easier than in the US - I can travel 5-6 different countries (and cultures) in one day if i wanted to
but on the other hand i have been recently to some small villages in Scotland that probably didn't change much for the last hundreds of years and I now understand better that those people really don't care much about things like gender equality, gay marriage or other "liberal" talking points
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It's also a much longer trip to fly to Europe than it is to drive to Florida or Vegas for a vacation. But you can get a sense of "the world" by visiting cities like Manhattan, Chicago and San Francisco, too. But it's more an attitude, like when Americans do go somewhere "foreign" and they're scared to try the local cuisine. Instead they look for a McDonalds or something familiar when this may be the only time they are ever in Belgium! Try some fucking frites!! LOL