Why don't Americans travel

^tell me about it.
some ppl actually still give a shit about anna nicole to write stories about her.

THE BITCH IS IN THE GROUND! SHES GONE! NOONE CARED ABOUT HER TO BEGIN WITH! STOP WRITING STORIES!
 
rashandreflex said:
american culture sucks.
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Why so? To me, it seems you are a very open bunch of people, you show your emotions, when you are happy, when sad, more actively than other cultures. There also seems to be a lot of commercialism going on, as well as a bit of ignorance for international issues, but you can't really blame the people about it.
 
and #4 added on to your list is that we're all fat and lazy hypocrites
 
69! said:
Why so? To me, it seems you are a very open bunch of people, you show your emotions, when you are happy, when sad, more actively than other cultures. There also seems to be a lot of commercialism going on, as well as a bit of ignorance for international issues, but you can't really blame the people about it.
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well i think you missed my semi-sarcasm although i do really think americans can be pretty lame.

....but i find your blithe assumptions about americans' emotion-embracing tendencies amusing, heh
 
waking_orange said:
I believe that also we have a higher standard of living so to live in the comfort that were use to cost a lot of money. Basically it cost all of our money to have the nicest things in the world.
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ha ha
 
guineaPig said:
^tell me about it.
some ppl actually still give a shit about anna nicole to write stories about her.

THE BITCH IS IN THE GROUND! SHES GONE! NOONE CARED ABOUT HER TO BEGIN WITH! STOP WRITING STORIES!
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quoted just to repeat it because ive been saying that since the bitch died. god damn, this is why america gets made fun of so much. because we care more about a gold-digging drug addicts early death, than we do about the economic or political state of our country
 
69! said:
Why so? To me, it seems you are a very open bunch of people, you show your emotions, when you are happy, when sad, more actively than other cultures. There also seems to be a lot of commercialism going on, as well as a bit of ignorance for international issues, but you can't really blame the people about it.
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Wow, thanks for having faith in us. Alas, such hope is not prevalent among us. Don't be fooled, however, with what appears to be positive faith, as it is really just blind ignorance.

The reason most Americans do not travel is obvious. They would get shot on sight.

That is why I always pose as Canadian. And it also helps to have my shirt on that says "Don't shoot, I'm not American!" in 8 different languages.
 
Mid-20-something year old American here. :)

Here's my travel / living experience outside of the U.S:

>>begin dick-sizing contest
  • 4 months Australia
  • 6 months Fiji
  • 6 months Canada
  • 2 1/2 YEARS Thailand
  • 1 month Laos
  • 3 months Malaysia
  • 2 months Singapore
  • 2 weeks Myanmar
  • 1 month Vietnam
  • 6 months India
  • 1 YEAR Indonesia
  • 1 month Taiwan
  • 1 month Hong Kong
  • 6 months China
Plus shorter trips to Japan, Pakistan, Mexico, & New Zealand.

>>end dick-sizing contest
 
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we dont need to travel. you fucking foreign cocroaches flood into our country so rapidly that you bring the world to us! this is like asking an angel why it doesnt travel outside of heaven...


AnalogSingularity said:
when you live right beside a walmart, why go anywhere? you have all you need... right there!.
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hahahhahahahaha right on
 
THE WOOD said:
we dont need to travel. you fucking foreign cocroaches flood into our country so rapidly that you bring the world to us! this is like asking an angel why it doesnt travel outside of heaven...
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Amen.

Ps: wood is a noob.
 
toast to applebliss and his impressively mosterous travel cock!

cheers
*i bow in envy*
 
i don't have the money. believe me, i'd fly the coop if i could muster up enough to pay for a one way ticket almost anywhere. i've been to germany and france, but only because i was with my parents, who were paying. i've gone to canada on my own terms, but that's because it's an hour away and i didn't need my passport to get in.


now, the real question we should be asking is, why won't everyone else come here? duh.
 
despite my family moving to the states two years ago i made a conscious decision not to support the bush administration with my tourist dollars. kinda like the 'patriotism' which someone raised as the reason for americans to stay at home... i'm being patriotic to the real america, you see :D

i'd also like to point out that one of the justifications i offered (america has a lot to see) is not actually a point i agree with.

for example: britain has roman ruins. i have seen many of them. but i still want to (and should still want to) go to Rome. the same goes for america. sure you have skiing - but so does new zealand, switzerland and siberia.

i dunno, it's weird... i meet people in the UK who have never been to London, despite the fact that they live 2 hours drive away. i cannot imagine what kind of incurious, dolt-brained dullard wouldn't want to visit one of the world's greatest cities, especially if it was on your fuckin doorstep. but there are people out there who never want to leave their home town because they *think* they have everything they need right there.

in other words, parochialism is alive and well throughout the world. it's just that as with everything, america is on a different scale ;)
 
^its the cost... i can fly to out to colorado for $300. i can fly to british columbia for slightly more, like $500. i can spend 8 hours in the car and drive to quebec. or i can fly to switzerland for $1100.

for an extended weekend, spending over a grand on airfare is a bit silly :\
 
^ its only going to get worse too. if they cant force us to stay in the US they will make it too expensive for anybody that isnt an oil tycoon to leave!
 
^ Don't throw in all your chips yet. :)

EU Opens Skies: With U.S. Approval To Come, Way Is Clear For First Phase To Begin Next Year

By Jay Boehmer

APRIL 02, 2007 -- European Union transportation officials last month unanimously approved an Open Skies agreement that sets the course to liberalize transatlantic air travel. Aviation experts expect U.S. approval of the agreement to send ripples through the industry for years, prodding European airline consolidation, lowering transatlantic fares, expanding antitrust immunity among airline alliances and opening more routes and frequencies between Europe and the United States.

The agreement, to be signed later this month and go into effect in March 2008, gives carriers greater access to foreign money and markets, and promises to increase competition. However, the treaty could crumble yet as some of the most contentious issues between the United States and the European Union remain up in the air until later-stage negotiations.

While analysts said benefits to corporate travel buyers likely won't come into play until at least next year when the deal is implemented, lower fares and increased transatlantic air services are in the pipeline, Standard & Poor's managing director of ratings services Phillip Baggaley told corporate travel buyers last week during the National Business Travel Association Financial Forum in New York.

The deal would spark lower fares "across the Atlantic," he said, as new services take to the skies. "You'll see a period where some big airlines will try some new routes, and there will be a shaking-out period of lower fares," Baggaley said.

Director of Ohio State University's Aviation Institute Darryl Jenkins said downward pressure on fares would affect leisure and business class fares disproportionately, causing a greater decrease on the leisure side.

The endorsement of the agreement immediately set airlines on the path toward new services. Continental, for example, wasted little time in announcing plans to inaugurate flights between Houston and Heathrow before summer 2008, subject to approval. On the other side of the Atlantic, Ireland-based Aer Lingus said it plans this year to launch new long-haul service to San Francisco, Orlando and Washington Dulles in light of the new agreement. More carriers are likely to embark on similar expansion plans afforded by the agreement, analysts said.

"This Open Skies agreement paves the way for much-desired increased service between the United States and Europe," Air Transportation Association president James May said in a statement. "It has the potential to provide enormous benefits to our respective customers and economies."
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link
 
^its the cost... i can fly to out to colorado for $300. i can fly to british columbia for slightly more, like $500. i can spend 8 hours in the car and drive to quebec. or i can fly to switzerland for $1100.

for an extended weekend, spending over a grand on airfare is a bit silly
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i can appreciate that. i was born in a part of australia where lots of people viewed going overseas as a once-off trip, because of the distance and the cost.

still, it's not all bad. i've seen sub-$500 airfares between the US and UK, and once you're here, then the world's your cheap-flight oyster. ok, not the world, but certainly Europe, North Africa and the Middle East :) british airways did a special £199 return from London to New York recently, which is pretty damn good.
 
^true, you can find deals if you look. but the only times i can travel are peak travel times, so no cheap flights for me :(
 
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