Pixiedustedme - good point, Americans coming to Europe do tend to be affluent.
According to a 2018 study from a NY Post article, 11% of the Americans questioned had never left the state that they were born in. 40% had never left the country. Now, let's put that in perspective. Many states are bigger than most European countries (Russia excluded). Then add that our public transportation system is commuter based - getting to and from work, it generally isn't for travel. We don't have the same level of rail system for cheaper travel outside of the north eastern seaboard areas of the country.
According to the survey, the average American had been to 10 states. (I've been to 43 states.)
And as for not leaving the country - well, again, perspective. The US is huge. It isn't correct to compare Americans not leaving the US to a German not leaving Germany. It would be more accurate to compare with a German not leaving Europe.
I found an article online from 2018 that said that 37%ish of EU citizens had never left their country (not the EU, but their country). So, that is actually pretty much in line with the percentage of Americans that have never left the US, which again is about the size of non-Russia Europe.
According to a 2018 study from a NY Post article, 11% of the Americans questioned had never left the state that they were born in. 40% had never left the country. Now, let's put that in perspective. Many states are bigger than most European countries (Russia excluded). Then add that our public transportation system is commuter based - getting to and from work, it generally isn't for travel. We don't have the same level of rail system for cheaper travel outside of the north eastern seaboard areas of the country.
According to the survey, the average American had been to 10 states. (I've been to 43 states.)
And as for not leaving the country - well, again, perspective. The US is huge. It isn't correct to compare Americans not leaving the US to a German not leaving Germany. It would be more accurate to compare with a German not leaving Europe.
I found an article online from 2018 that said that 37%ish of EU citizens had never left their country (not the EU, but their country). So, that is actually pretty much in line with the percentage of Americans that have never left the US, which again is about the size of non-Russia Europe.
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