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Never left the country?
I was talking to a friend the other day who brought up the fact that most Americans don't leave the country...ever. My perspective is skewed because not only did I grow up in a military town, I went to college with a lot of international students...it wasn't until graduate school that I had met people who had never left the continental US.
For those GC-ers who have never left the States, do you have a reason? I figure we're a pretty representative sample... |
I've never left the country except for a couple of trips to Niagara Falls, but those are practically day trips from Pittsburgh.
I guess I've never been anywhere else because of financial reasons, but as soon as I can afford it, I want to go to London, Australia, Spain, and Tokyo!! I also want to visit all 50 states in my lifetime. Even just driving through, just to say that I've BEEN there! |
Growing up and living in Michigan all my life, I don't know anybody who has never been to Canada. But, Canada is closer than most of the U.S. for us!
Dee |
been to canada, mexico, carribean. want to go to europe. been to all 50 states.
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I've only been to Canada and Mexico. There are two main reasons why I haven't gone overseas as of yet:
1) My mother is afraid of flying over water; in fact, she's afraid of the ocean, pools, etc. That limited the places my family could travel on vacations. 2) Money. Specifically, I didn't grow up with much, and it was a concern in college. Having to work my way through school, going someplace overseas was not an option for spring break, or even a study abroad program. That said, I hope to make my first trip overseas in the next year or two. I've wanted to go for quite a while, so it will be nice to visit someplace outside of the country. |
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I had never left the country until last January, and that was to the Dominican Republic for my honeymoon. Before that, I had never even been to Mexico or Canada!
I don't know if there's any particular reason except that my parents never took me outside of the country when I was growing up, and I guess I just never had a chance to until last year. Next month I am going to London, which will be my 2nd trip outside of the US of A! |
I had never left the country until my honeymoon (when I was 22, almost 23).
I, too, have a reason for that. My parents loved to travel - in fact, there are only about a dozen states I haven't been to. But my father has some kind of inner ear thing that prevents him from flying, so everywhere we went, we drove. The summer b/w my freshman & sophomore year in high school, my parents went to Canada, but I chose not to go so I could 1-take driver's ed (it was hard to enroll in during the regular school year), and 2-hang out w/ my friends. My parents never had the desire to go to Mexico. If it wasn't reachable by automobile, we didn't go. In high school I dated a guy who had never been out of the state of Florida! :eek: |
I've never left the country (unless you count gambling in Windsor, which I don't).
Plain and simple- my family doesn't have much money. I would have loved to study abroad, but it was out of the question. |
I've been to Canada and France but that's it.
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Honestly? I never had the interest. I probably could have figured out a way to afford it -- if something's important enough to you, you do it, right? -- but there were just always so many other ways I needed to spend that money. Like on college.
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I have only been to Canada. But I've never been outside of North America... yet. I still have plans to fly to Europe soon. Just not this year unfortunately.
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No, I have never left the country and probably never will.
Why? Too expensive. My parents couldn't afford it. My grandparents could but.... I'm afraid to fly! My mom has a health condition that can be exaccerbated by flying or going into high altitudes. I have a trait of her illness and I can be harmed by flying also. Little interest. I dunno, it seems like we have everything here in the states. We're like a mini-world. If I want to go somewhere really tropical with brown folks, I can go to hawaii, lol. If I want to live by a cottonfield I can go to Mississippi. If I want to be humbled by visiting impoverished people, I can go to any ghetto. And so on.... |
Most Americans haven't left the United States, and most have never had a passport.
I have traveled to a few countries: Ireland, Mexico, England, France, and the Bahamas. I haven't traveled to all the places that I hope to visit because of the problems in the world lately and it's expensive. I hope to travel to Italy and Asia in the future. So Munchkin, how was your trip? :) |
I've been to Nuevo Laredo, that's it. That doesn't really count though, does it?
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Also I doubt many people from other countries, like saaaaaaay Mexico are just living it up and travelling everywhere. Anyway, I have had the good fortune to come from an international background where I was born and raise abroad and my family shouldered that expense. Even now with my very good income, I'm happy that I can pay to travel wherever but I know most people don't have that or families paying for them to go abroad. -Rudey |
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