I think being well read and having access to museums of all sorts is more important than travel. Even in many rural areas, it's just a day trip into a decent city to spend hours at a museum, very do-able. Only Europeans or extremely weathly Americans can take the length vacations needed to spend enough time in new places to even get a…
I think being well read and having access to museums of all sorts is more important than travel. Even in many rural areas, it's just a day trip into a decent city to spend hours at a museum, very do-able. Only Europeans or extremely weathly Americans can take the length vacations needed to spend enough time in new places to even get a sense of how life there is different. A week in a new city doesn't do it. It requires being able to sink in and live among the locals for some time and Americans don't get that sort of time off. And most travel is not sustainable, Flying particularly is incredibly detrimental to the environment.
I think being well read and having access to museums of all sorts is more important than travel. Even in many rural areas, it's just a day trip into a decent city to spend hours at a museum, very do-able. Only Europeans or extremely weathly Americans can take the length vacations needed to spend enough time in new places to even get a sense of how life there is different. A week in a new city doesn't do it. It requires being able to sink in and live among the locals for some time and Americans don't get that sort of time off. And most travel is not sustainable, Flying particularly is incredibly detrimental to the environment.