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Originally posted by Rusty
As if travelling from New Orleans to Boston isn't comparable? Or San Francisco to Savannah? Nobody is saying traveling across the US is the same as travelling within Europe, but the idea Americans must travel Europe in the same way Europeans can in order to be shun the "less travelled" label is moronic.
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It's not really comparable. While culture varies between US states, it's not the same as traveling between European states. Being 'well traveled' isn't something you get from driving from one side of the US to the other. Nor visiting Canada/Mexico/Puerto Rico. Even a European who has not left Europe isn't 'well traveled'.
As I have said before, it's not necessarily a bad thing, but it does help fuel the stereotype that American's are very insular.