(via How Many Americans Have a Passport? The Percentages, State by State « Grey’s Blog)
We are not a well-traveled people, are we?
In all fairness I wager income has a lot to do with this. Proximity to Canada and Mexico seems to affect it, as well.
That’s true. Not to mention getting a passport is a giant pain in the ass.
But there is a bit of a culture that there’s no need to venture out and see things. This is even true for people who live in foreign countries.
When I was growing up, my dad was stationed for six years in the UK. While it wasn’t quite a weekend thing, we did a lot of traveling to see things. Many, many trips to London, Scotland, and everything in between. There was so much history and culture and such to find my parents weren’t going to let us miss that.
At the same time there were people who literally would not leave the base. We lived within spitting distance of either Oxford or Cambridge, and people didn’t venture out to see even those.
It astounded me that people would do that. This great and awesome opportunity and they just… ignore it.
(Although I understand there are people who do the same thing while stationed in the US. If it’s not their very specific home, they don’t want to have anything to do with it.)
Well, I have to admit that I don’t travel too often living in Germany right now. I’ve been to big places like Paris and Amsterdam, but those are special vacations. I’m not out every weekend like some people, particularly since getting back from Afghanistan. It’s more “too lazy to leave home” than reluctance to interact with people who aren’t Americans, though. Some people are just homebodies.
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coldisthesea reblogged this from skullpiece and added:
‘Course most of us don’t have passports…who the fuck has any money to travel anywhere?
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chainedbird reblogged this from unamazing and added:
misssissippi…why you no travel?! :(
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joamette reblogged this from ladiesmakingcomics and added:
I think so many people have passports in those states because of legal immigration - just saying. =)
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silensy reblogged this from ladiesmakingcomics and added:
This is an excellent point.
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wicked-grin reblogged this from skalja and added:
also I’m wondering if they took into account the population that isn’t allowed access to something like a US passport....
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verbal reblogged this from unamazing and added:
Do you have a passport?
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note-a-bear reblogged this from ladiesmakingcomics and added:
The above is fair, though, the thing is, because a passport is needed even for day trips along our Southern and Northern...
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kaileighblue reblogged this from ladiesmakingcomics and added:
Quite. I’m from one of the “More than 20%” states and I’ve criss-crossed the United States. As much as I’d like to...
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ladiesmakingcomics reblogged this from ragnell and added:
I wouldn’t say that (and I say this as a passported, well-traveled person from Massachusetts). We’re just a massive...
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ragnell reblogged this from plusonecard and added:
Well, I have to admit that I don’t travel too often living in Germany right now. I’ve been to big places like Paris and...
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plusonecard reblogged this from ragnell and added:
ass. But there is a bit of a culture that there’s no need to venture out...see things....
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quietprofanity reblogged this from ragnell and added:
In all fairness I wager income has a lot to do with this. Proximity to Canada and Mexico seems to affect it, as well.
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