Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 22, 2003 08:40 PM
Many Americans have not left CONUS simply because it is so large. You can fly in a jet for HOURS... and still not leave the US. Add geographic isolation (we are buffered by two oceans) and there you go. The US has among the most diverse geography and population on earth. We have subtropical, desert, pararie, mountainous, coastal plain, arctic... about all we don't have is rain forest (and even some of that in Puerto Rico). More languages are spoken here than anywhere else. More religons are practiced here - and those practioners do not live in fear. Many how have not left CONUS have experienced more variety than lots of "world" travellers.
I also doubt your statistic - in my experience well over half of the population has travelled abroad - but I am relatively affulent.
By far the US is the best place to live hands down. It is the richest, free-est, and least disease ridden. Parts of the world will not catch up to the current US standard of living or democratic ideals (which are realities here) for decades.
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Re:Boo Hoo
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 22, 2003 08:40 PMI also doubt your statistic - in my experience well over half of the population has travelled abroad - but I am relatively affulent.
By far the US is the best place to live hands down. It is the richest, free-est, and least disease ridden. Parts of the world will not catch up to the current US standard of living or democratic ideals (which are realities here) for decades.
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