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Admiral_Pants

Admiral_Pants

Austin, TX
May 2004

JUL 12, 2005 01:15 PM

Subrosa said:

Keith said:
It's a big country in here.



That too.


Dreams stay with you like a lover's voice fires the mountainside.
Stay alive.

Malinko

Malinko

HOPEFUL

Montreal, QC

JUL 12, 2005 01:28 PM

Well I only got a passport when I planned on going to Spain.

So im guessing most people get them when they want to travel over seas

Rosscoe

Rosscoe

I'm lost
March 2005

JUL 12, 2005 01:35 PM

Alot of people like what they know, change can scare people.

I myself am planning on going to Japan for a year to teach english there.
I figure change in culture and surroundings is good.

FrankMask

FrankMask

Saint Paul, MN
June 2003

JUL 12, 2005 01:45 PM

Because my parents just drove 1800km to see me, without ever leaving the country, changing their currency, speaking a foreign language, submitting to a search of their luggage, showing their ID, resetting their watches, or driving on any road other than a paved US insterstate highway.

America isn't really one country. It just looks like that on the maps. It's really about thirty smaller countries that just happen to pay taxes to the same federal organization, and mostly share a language.

StickyRice

StickyRice

Atlanta, GA
January 2003

JUL 12, 2005 01:51 PM

I have a passport and I leave America as often as possible. If there is any resistance in me to traveling overseas, it has to do with hostility from people when they learn where I came from. And it has to do with the fact that, hostility or not, I might never come back. By choice.

Rosscoe

Rosscoe

I'm lost
March 2005

JUL 12, 2005 01:56 PM

i think alot of people want to see historical things though.
Like Castles in Britain, or Greek Buildings.


Camodia

Greece

France

Russia

Some people are interested in culture and history. My sister has pretty much been all around the world, europe, asia, america, australia.
I myself am just fascinated by culture and history of places. I feel like you cant experience that much of a change in your home turf. Maybe americas different.

hoisin

hoisin

United Kingdom
April 2004

JUL 12, 2005 02:05 PM

Psychobabble said:

I myself am just fascinated by culture and history of places. I feel like you cant experience that much of a change in your home turf. Maybe americas different.



Bamn!

Jimbo

Jimbo

Austin, TX
August 2003

JUL 12, 2005 02:10 PM

I'll go to the UK.. can I stay at your house/flat/cave

hoisin

hoisin

United Kingdom
April 2004

JUL 12, 2005 02:19 PM

Jimbo said:
I'll go to the UK.. can I stay at your house/flat/cave



Everyone is welcome. Bring your friends too.

Caligula_ODM

Caligula_ODM

Newport, RI
March 2005

JUL 12, 2005 02:38 PM

so few yanks? sounds like alot to me. 20% would be approximately 60 million americans with passports. thats more than every single person in great britain.

LankaKitten

lankakitten

Seattle, WA
December 2004

JUL 12, 2005 02:57 PM

Subrosa said:
Also, foriegners smell.



And they drive on the wrong side of the road.

Seriously though, it costs too damn much!

billyfivecrows

billyfivecrows

Roswell, GA
July 2005

JUL 12, 2005 03:12 PM

Yeah...why? I mean, folks around the world just LOVE us now!

Ophelia

Ophelia

SUICIDEGIRL

Illinois, USA

JUL 12, 2005 03:18 PM

When I lived in the UK I was always excited/happy to take trips back to North America because I knew that I'd be getting incredible deals. I'd normally save up, plan a trip, and buy bucketloads of clothes and CDs and other random stuff that would make the whole trip financially worthwhile.

If I go back to the UK now I'm looking at pricey accomodation, expensive food, and so forth. I also have 4 weeks TOTAL paid time off at my current job (sick days and holidays combined) which is considered an exceptionally generous amount of time off by most American companies. In the UK I had 6 weeks of holiday plus however many sick days, so I had plenty of free time to go off gallavanting around the world.

Then again, I'm not American. And I do have a passport. But still, it seems far more daunting to cross the pond west-east than east-west or to go anywhere that requires a great deal of travelling and jet lag.



[Edited on Jul 12, 2005 by Ophelia]

Lemonkid

Lemonkid

Canada
May 2003

JUL 12, 2005 03:21 PM

I was hoping the misspell was about "levening" America.. and I was prepared for hilariously detailed yeast-related anecdotes.

seanvegas

seanvegas

Lincoln, NE
December 2004

JUL 12, 2005 03:22 PM

Id love to get out of the United States.

I'm getting restless. I want to see the world!

Lemonkid

Lemonkid

Canada
May 2003

JUL 12, 2005 03:40 PM

Ophelia said:
When I lived in the UK I was always excited/happy to take trips back to North America because I knew that I'd be getting incredible deals. I'd normally save up, plan a trip, and buy bucketloads of clothes and CDs and other random stuff that would make the whole trip financially worthwhile.

If I go back to the UK now I'm looking at pricey accomodation, expensive food, and so forth. I also have 4 weeks TOTAL paid time off at my current job (sick days and holidays combined) which is considered an exceptionally generous amount of time off by most American companies. In the UK I had 6 weeks of holiday plus however many sick days, so I had plenty of free time to go off gallavanting around the world.

Then again, I'm not American. And I do have a passport. But still, it seems far more daunting to cross the pond west-east than east-west or to go anywhere that requires a great deal of travelling and jet lag.

[Edited on Jul 12, 2005 by Ophelia]



Four weeks? You should come live it up French style here up north sometime.

mattthegoon

mattthegoon

Virginia Beach, VA
July 2002

JUL 12, 2005 03:51 PM

i lived in italy for three years.
skull

PaulNikon

PaulNikon

Palm Bay, FL
February 2003

JUL 12, 2005 06:13 PM

I have travelled outside the U.S.

You do have to realize, the American Military doesn't need a passport. So, pleanty have travelled the world. And blown-up part of it.

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