I’m a Londoner and I can catch the tube to Central London where I can then get on a train that will take me straight into Paris. It’s so easy for us to travel abroad. It’s the norm for us to take day trips to France. Your country is massive and so vast with something to please everyone but there’s nothing like experiencing different countries.
I’ve got mixed feelings about this … I’ve traveled to 40 of the 50 states; skydived in the Florida Keys and Vegas; dog sledding in Vermont, and whale watching in Boston. Most trips were road trips bc it saves a ton of cash when you have kids. But the historical and spiritual connections one can make overseas are amazing … walking the streets of London and seeing buildings that predate the 18th century tells you just how young this country is. A trip to Dakar, Senegal (the Door) still haunts me. Do what your budget allows … but do something!
@@peterwolf3760 cause we dont care about wellness, we care about profits. and if youre not making them for someone else or enough for yourself, well then the rest doesnt matter to US
@@KingJT80 Oh man, that's a really very naive attitude. What good is it if you just work your ass off to earn a lot of money, but your body gives out afterwards, you burn out, collapse and end up in hospital? If you're really unlucky, they'll put you in a box under the ground. Then your money won't do you any good either. Oh man, are you really that naive.
I was in the military and travelled the world . I like many countries they are nice . But on every deployment I was grateful to come home to the U.S. I do feel it’s the greatest .
Money! Money is the reason why most Americans don’t travel abroad. A majority of Americans are in debt and live paycheck to paycheck. Roadtrips around the US is cheaper than flying out of the country. I drove to Kentucky & enjoyed time there then spent the rest of the week TN before heading home. Cost me less than a plane ticket would. A couple going to Greece for a week is $4,000 just between flights & hotel. Thats not including food, transportation and sight seeing.
Exactly!! paycheck to paycheck, shift to shift I can’t afford to take time off work Only “vacation” I get is when I’m sick, injured, or temporarily unemployed all of which require a speedy recovery
@DouradaBambina As an American that enjoys nothing more than to learn about other cultures and meet new people, I can absolutely say it's the damn money. I'd kill a man to visit Morocco 🇲🇦
Right in point Brotha. Especially our people. I'm from California and I now live in Seattle. I know folks thats never left California, so a passport is a reach! 😢
Also if you live in a big city like here in NY why would i go anywhere. i got Greek Food, Italian food, i can get sushi or ramen. Why do i need to travel anywhere for anything. I got everything i need here, i got the comfort of my home, i got my stuff, my high speed internet, my bed, my quality of life i won't get anywhere else. Why would i travel?
that don't make sense. you can have a lot of money and not live good? that's unbalanced.. most people don't have money to travel but passports arent expensive by themselves..its the plane tickets and paying for accommodations etc
@@KingJT80 And that's the point, earn a lot of money, but the costs still eat you up, and then everything out of your own pocket. And your employer sits at his desk and enjoys life and thinks what do I have in idiots of employees who put up with everything.
@@KingJT80 Brutal inflation on the dollar, healthcare, tipping culture, car flex culture. People earn higher in the USA than here in Britain for example by about 30% 'maybe' but we get free healthcare and take out less credit card debt on average. It's less stressful with more paid holidays so the higher wage is ruled out almost instantly by cost of living, free healthcare for all and lack of pressure factors. Brits travel more than any other nation on the planet, despite not having the highest wages. I'm sure other countries in Europe are similar. If you are rich though in ther US it's the best country period. I love when I visit but some of the dream houses I've gone past I recognise is only for a small minority. Thats the American dream very few will ever experience.
I have a great life in the U.S. and have been to many places all over the globe. We have it so good here with all the conveniences, comfort, choices, opportunities and freedom. The drawback for many Americans is the high cost of living. But if you put in work to level up, you can make your life however you want it to be and go places abroad, that's America! 🇺🇲
But 70 - 80 % of Americans can't. How can you when you only have 10 days of vacation and don't pay, and the other costs eat you up? The USA has become a country of slavery and oppression, that's how it looks.
Everything you said is 100% true but I think the main reason Americans don't leave the country or get a passport is that they legit can't afford it. Passport costs like ~$250 which is more than a lot of folks can afford to begin with, and beyond that what's the point of paying that when you know you can't afford to take a day off work even if you could get one? Folks can't afford to travel out of state, much less leave the country 🤷♂️ Americans get a lot of shade for not being "worldly" or whatever but that's easy to say for folks that can hop on a train in Belgium on a whim and go to the Czech Republic or take a 4 hour flight Morocco 😂
Especially w all the planes falling apart And people losing their minds during the flight, trying to open doors, seeing "not real" people, and honestly we flew once and there were men near us that smelled so so so awful. They sprayed lysol in the TSA security check in line...
@@0bsmith0 As of February 2024, there have been a total of 529 aviation accidents and incidents involving all 737 aircraft (not all are notable enough for inclusion on this list), which have resulted in a total of 5,779 fatalities and 234 hull losses.
You’re not entirely inaccurate. I would argue that a strong portion of white Americans, do not travel out of the US. The rural, working class whites fill that category.
It's good to explore yr own backyard first. Lol that indoctrination is known by us of Americans overseas. Have you done Norway in a Nutshell's Bergen to Oslo trip?
Plenty to see here, just look at the national parks. Don’t need to fly all over the world when you don’t even know home. It took me a long time and many visits to countries to realize this.
For me: money and time. Time is not too much of a concern for me because i can make time for adventure, trust me lol. But the cost of that is saving money, which is harder to do with bills 😅
There is a noticeable difference in U.S. passport ownership between people of different races. Hispanic Americans (55%) are more likely than white Americans (42%) or Black Americans (34%) to hold a current U.S. passport.
Because these racial differences and discriminations still exist in the USA today. People of different skin colors are paid unequally even though they do the same work. That is still slavery and exploitation, that has not changed to this day.
@burkhardproksch637 The pay gap is more complex than it appears. The degree to which incoming ethnic and female employees feel comfortable assertively negotiating their starting salary may depend simply on that. They are not as confident as the white male and simply fold to get the job. When women negotiate for higher salaries, they must behave contrary to deeply ingrained societal gender roles of women as passive, helpful, and accommodating. If they are confident and asserting, they appear to be "bitchy"... and a possible corporate issue. As a result, their requests often face a backlash, relative to men who ask for more, women are penalized financially, are considered less hirable and less likable, and are less likely to be promoted. Add on demands for maternity leave or pick the kids up from soccer practice, and a corporation doesn't want to deal with it. Discrimination and fear of a backlash keep women and minorities from earning as much as white men. To level the playing field, organizational leaders need to be proactive. And when you factor in pay gap, You must look at the big picture. Think about all the jobs that women are NOT applying for. Women are applying for corporate penthouse, air conditioning jobs where the real money lies in oil rigging, plumbing, and electrical. Aviation and transportation. 98% of construction projects are men. Those blue-collar jobs that women are NOT applying for move the goal post on earnings and create the real pay gap.
I’ve never been outside of the United States never had the desire to leave the country there’s a lot of great places in the United States that I would like to visit the farthest I’ve been is Florida I’d love to see the grand canyon Hollywood Martha’s Vineyard but right now those places are out of my reach financially
That is the difference, living from paycheck to paycheck there is nothing left for recovery. Some employers even pay 14 monthly salaries, one double salary for vacation and one for Christmas. That's a huge difference.
America is among the better countries in the world. I don't think it's the best. I don't think Norway is the best. I think there are many Asian countries that are better than ours. But most of the world is quite dangerous, and we should count our blessings for being able to wake up the next day knowing that we and our families are safe, and doesn't need to worry about when we'll ever find food again. We tend to forget that sometimes. Anyway. Happy 4th of July 🇺🇸
Why leave? I can snowboard and surf in the same day if i wanted to. I live by yosemite.... People save for years to bring their family here from all corners of the world. My back yard is most peoples dream vacation.
We're such a huge country is why for sure! But it used to be you didn't need a passport to go to Mexico and Canada. Also, I would never go to Europe and many other countries in the summer because there's no air conditioning and I don't want to have a heat stroke. BTW , I lived in Mexico for 2 years in three different places. All beautiful resort areas, beautiful beaches, and Guadalajara. Traveled all over the country.
The US is one of the few countries (maybe only country) in the world that has everything - beaches, mountains, deserts, huge lakes, the sea, the northern lights, every ethnicity you can think of, every type of food, every language, plus it’s huge. You can spend a lifetime travelling the US and still not see everything. It kinda makes sense that people don’t leave. Of course they should because the world is a big and beautiful place but I don’t think it’s necessarily something to be looked down upon
But you can, because then you also have an insight into what is going on in the world and how it is elsewhere. Only then can I really have a say and recognize some of the untruths in the USA. Because one thing is a fact: the USA has long since ceased to be the praised and respected country where people feel at home. Many Americans leave the country and don't regret it. They are fed up with being a slave to the authorities and the rich.
@@baramuth71 The thing is though, a lot of those same criticisms that people have of the US exist in a lot of other countries too. I grew up in the UK and I’ve travelled a lot and spent extended amounts of time in different countries. The one thing I can say about the US that really stands out is that it is a land of extremes. You have the richest of the rich, you have people who are top of their field in various industries, you have more potential opportunity than probably any other country, especially when it comes to making money. But then you also have real poverty and crime on par with some of the poorest countries in the world. You have the best of capitalism but also the worst. Lots of racism and inequality but then also a large enough proportion of minorities that those minorities can actually have real economic and political power. The best healthcare in the world for those that have access to it, but then so many people can’t access it. It’s the best and worst of capitalism in one place. I say all that because there is this tendency to view parts of the world with rose coloured glasses when highlighting all of the things that are wrong with the US, but people that live in these places often face the same issues. And one of the reasons Americans are able to leave and do so well in other places is because they have already made and saved a lot of money in America - something that is out of reach for a lot of the people in the places they move to. I guess my point is everywhere has upsides and downsides in varying amounts but how you perceive them has a lot more to do with your individual circumstances than is usually generally acknowledged.
It's the same reason people travel from and to work without deviating from the same route every day. Comfort Zone and lack of knowledge beyond what's in front of them.
knowing from my experience in cancun I know that one couple like decided to stop coming for more than 4 months in cancun as health insurance won’t cover it as it would in the US plus my assumption to be honest Americans probably are better off to travel in their own country as the constitution is there to protect while in some countries things aren’t well handled as in america
It’s not really true that Americans don’t travel abroad. Here’s some numbers: In 2023 almost 99 million Americans traveled abroad. A sampling of destinations: Mexico: 36.71 million Canada: 12.8 million ASEAN countries: 2 million Japan: about 1 million Europe incl UK: about 12 million (that one year total is more than American military personnel in Europe during the whole of WWII) More Americans travel abroad than foreign tourists visit the US: -66.5 million international tourists visit the US, mostly from Mexico and Canada -About 10 million European tourists visited the US, mainly to NYC, LA, Orlando, Miami and then national parks. So there are more Americans visiting Europe in a single year than Europeans who visit the US. And the European tourists are mostly visiting the east and west coasts, not really seeing much of the rest of the country. And if anyone objects that the US is a much bigger country, the total population of the EU plus the UK is over 500 million people while the US population is about 330 million.
America is the greatest country in the world. That's why so many people immigrate here legally and illegally. If you wanna argue that, that's fine, but just remember who the world turns to when it's time get busy.
I’m a Londoner and I can catch the tube to Central London where I can then get on a train that will take me straight into Paris. It’s so easy for us to travel abroad. It’s the norm for us to take day trips to France. Your country is massive and so vast with something to please everyone but there’s nothing like experiencing different countries.
Eurostar?
@@brianmolele7264 yes, it only takes just over 2 hours straight into Paris from Central London. So easy
Bro, if you take a ride from New York city to Montgomery Alabama, it's like visiting a whole new country.
I’ve got mixed feelings about this … I’ve traveled to 40 of the 50 states; skydived in the Florida Keys and Vegas; dog sledding in Vermont, and whale watching in Boston. Most trips were road trips bc it saves a ton of cash when you have kids.
But the historical and spiritual connections one can make overseas are amazing … walking the streets of London and seeing buildings that predate the 18th century tells you just how young this country is. A trip to Dakar, Senegal (the Door) still haunts me.
Do what your budget allows … but do something!
It’s not the size of the country, it’s the cost. We also aren’t able to take as much paid time off as other developed countries
Very very true, the wellness policies in other countries have exceeded that of the U.S. for decades
@@peterwolf3760 cause we dont care about wellness, we care about profits. and if youre not making them for someone else or enough for yourself, well then the rest doesnt matter to US
The richest country ever on the planet treats it's citizens and workers like shit...
It also treats the rest of the world like shit.
@@KingJT80 Bingo!!
@@KingJT80 Oh man, that's a really very naive attitude.
What good is it if you just work your ass off to earn a lot of money, but your body gives out afterwards, you burn out, collapse and end up in hospital? If you're really unlucky, they'll put you in a box under the ground. Then your money won't do you any good either.
Oh man, are you really that naive.
Its too damn expensive and everybody not built for taking those long azz flights.
I was in the military and travelled the world . I like many countries they are nice . But on every deployment I was grateful to come home to the U.S. I do feel it’s the greatest .
Money! Money is the reason why most Americans don’t travel abroad. A majority of Americans are in debt and live paycheck to paycheck. Roadtrips around the US is cheaper than flying out of the country. I drove to Kentucky & enjoyed time there then spent the rest of the week TN before heading home. Cost me less than a plane ticket would. A couple going to Greece for a week is $4,000 just between flights & hotel. Thats not including food, transportation and sight seeing.
Nope. Fear of the unknown, prejudice about other nations. Some Americans are afraid to try a new restaurant.
Exactly!!
paycheck to paycheck, shift to shift
I can’t afford to take time off work
Only “vacation” I get is when I’m sick, injured, or temporarily unemployed
all of which require a speedy recovery
@DouradaBambina As an American that enjoys nothing more than to learn about other cultures and meet new people, I can absolutely say it's the damn money. I'd kill a man to visit Morocco 🇲🇦
@@creedkleinen8068 theyre both right. fear and prejudice (i work with folks like this) and money (mostly everyone else i know)
Right in point Brotha. Especially our people. I'm from California and I now live in Seattle. I know folks thats never left California, so a passport is a reach! 😢
Also if you live in a big city like here in NY why would i go anywhere. i got Greek Food, Italian food, i can get sushi or ramen. Why do i need to travel anywhere for anything. I got everything i need here, i got the comfort of my home, i got my stuff, my high speed internet, my bed, my quality of life i won't get anywhere else. Why would i travel?
The money is good in America not the living
Exactly
that don't make sense. you can have a lot of money and not live good? that's unbalanced.. most people don't have money to travel but passports arent expensive by themselves..its the plane tickets and paying for accommodations etc
@@KingJT80 And that's the point, earn a lot of money, but the costs still eat you up, and then everything out of your own pocket. And your employer sits at his desk and enjoys life and thinks what do I have in idiots of employees who put up with everything.
@@KingJT80 Brutal inflation on the dollar, healthcare, tipping culture, car flex culture. People earn higher in the USA than here in Britain for example by about 30% 'maybe' but we get free healthcare and take out less credit card debt on average.
It's less stressful with more paid holidays so the higher wage is ruled out almost instantly by cost of living, free healthcare for all and lack of pressure factors.
Brits travel more than any other nation on the planet, despite not having the highest wages. I'm sure other countries in Europe are similar.
If you are rich though in ther US it's the best country period. I love when I visit but some of the dream houses I've gone past I recognise is only for a small minority. Thats the American dream very few will ever experience.
I have a great life in the U.S. and have been to many places all over the globe. We have it so good here with all the conveniences, comfort, choices, opportunities and freedom. The drawback for many Americans is the high cost of living. But if you put in work to level up, you can make your life however you want it to be and go places abroad, that's America! 🇺🇲
But 70 - 80 % of Americans can't.
How can you when you only have 10 days of vacation and don't pay, and the other costs eat you up?
The USA has become a country of slavery and oppression, that's how it looks.
Everything you said is 100% true but I think the main reason Americans don't leave the country or get a passport is that they legit can't afford it. Passport costs like ~$250 which is more than a lot of folks can afford to begin with, and beyond that what's the point of paying that when you know you can't afford to take a day off work even if you could get one? Folks can't afford to travel out of state, much less leave the country 🤷♂️ Americans get a lot of shade for not being "worldly" or whatever but that's easy to say for folks that can hop on a train in Belgium on a whim and go to the Czech Republic or take a 4 hour flight Morocco 😂
No way. The root is fear. Most Americans spend more money in meaningless stuff and filling up the garage with unnecessary crap.
You are slaves to your employer, and 250 dollars for a passport is a rip-off, my passport in Germany costs me 40-50 €
Mainly my reason is fear of flying over all that water .. I’ve been to some islands but to fly overseas literally I’m frightened
Especially w all the planes falling apart And people losing their minds during the flight, trying to open doors, seeing "not real" people, and honestly we flew once and there were men near us that smelled so so so awful. They sprayed lysol in the TSA security check in line...
Hyperbolic nonsense saying planes falling apart. One plane had a relatively minor issue.
@@0bsmith0 As of February 2024, there have been a total of 529 aviation accidents and incidents involving all 737 aircraft (not all are notable enough for inclusion on this list), which have resulted in a total of 5,779 fatalities and 234 hull losses.
Instilled fear since childhood. Living in segregated suburbs. Realization that it’s a boring society only good for money 💰
Its primarily cost and lack of time off. We get less time off than in other countries.
Wht1e Americans do travel outside the U.S.A more so than Blk Americans. Blk people rarely travel outside the U.S.A.
You’re not entirely inaccurate. I would argue that a strong portion of white Americans, do not travel out of the US. The rural, working class whites fill that category.
It's good to explore yr own backyard first. Lol that indoctrination is known by us of Americans overseas.
Have you done Norway in a Nutshell's Bergen to Oslo trip?
I have everything I need. If they begin giving out tax-free millions over seas, I'll travel.
Plenty to see here, just look at the national parks. Don’t need to fly all over the world when you don’t even know home. It took me a long time and many visits to countries to realize this.
For me: money and time. Time is not too much of a concern for me because i can make time for adventure, trust me lol. But the cost of that is saving money, which is harder to do with bills 😅
There is a noticeable difference in U.S. passport ownership between people of different races. Hispanic Americans (55%) are more likely than white Americans (42%) or Black Americans (34%) to hold a current U.S. passport.
Because these racial differences and discriminations still exist in the USA today.
People of different skin colors are paid unequally even though they do the same work.
That is still slavery and exploitation, that has not changed to this day.
@burkhardproksch637 The pay gap is more complex than it appears. The degree to which incoming ethnic and female employees feel comfortable assertively negotiating their starting salary may depend simply on that. They are not as confident as the white male and simply fold to get the job. When women negotiate for higher salaries, they must behave contrary to deeply ingrained societal gender roles of women as passive, helpful, and accommodating. If they are confident and asserting, they appear to be "bitchy"... and a possible corporate issue. As a result, their requests often face a backlash, relative to men who ask for more, women are penalized financially, are considered less hirable and less likable, and are less likely to be promoted. Add on demands for maternity leave or pick the kids up from soccer practice, and a corporation doesn't want to deal with it. Discrimination and fear of a backlash keep women and minorities from earning as much as white men. To level the playing field, organizational leaders need to be proactive.
And when you factor in pay gap, You must look at the big picture. Think about all the jobs that women are NOT applying for. Women are applying for corporate penthouse, air conditioning jobs where the real money lies in oil rigging, plumbing, and electrical. Aviation and transportation. 98% of construction projects are men. Those blue-collar jobs that women are NOT applying for move the goal post on earnings and create the real pay gap.
I’ve never been outside of the United States never had the desire to leave the country there’s a lot of great places in the United States that I would like to visit the farthest I’ve been is Florida I’d love to see the grand canyon Hollywood Martha’s Vineyard but right now those places are out of my reach financially
That is the difference, living from paycheck to paycheck there is nothing left for recovery.
Some employers even pay 14 monthly salaries, one double salary for vacation and one for Christmas.
That's a huge difference.
America is among the better countries in the world. I don't think it's the best. I don't think Norway is the best. I think there are many Asian countries that are better than ours. But most of the world is quite dangerous, and we should count our blessings for being able to wake up the next day knowing that we and our families are safe, and doesn't need to worry about when we'll ever find food again. We tend to forget that sometimes. Anyway. Happy 4th of July 🇺🇸
Because we are poor Americans 🥲 I want to live in Norway and I’d move in a heartbeat if I could afford to!
Norway is gorgeous! I hope you can make it there one day!
How do you know you’d like a place you’ve never been to 😂. Grass is always greener .
@@AverageJoe483 and sometime it is. Id rather live in costa Rica.. i may retire there in about 25 yrs
I think it comes down to the cost. If we didn't live check to check more people would travel
Why leave? I can snowboard and surf in the same day if i wanted to. I live by yosemite.... People save for years to bring their family here from all corners of the world. My back yard is most peoples dream vacation.
We're such a huge country is why for sure! But it used to be you didn't need a passport to go to Mexico and Canada. Also, I would never go to Europe and many other countries in the summer because there's no air conditioning and I don't want to have a heat stroke. BTW , I lived in Mexico for 2 years in three different places. All beautiful resort areas, beautiful beaches, and Guadalajara. Traveled all over the country.
The US is one of the few countries (maybe only country) in the world that has everything - beaches, mountains, deserts, huge lakes, the sea, the northern lights, every ethnicity you can think of, every type of food, every language, plus it’s huge. You can spend a lifetime travelling the US and still not see everything. It kinda makes sense that people don’t leave. Of course they should because the world is a big and beautiful place but I don’t think it’s necessarily something to be looked down upon
But you can, because then you also have an insight into what is going on in the world and how it is elsewhere.
Only then can I really have a say and recognize some of the untruths in the USA.
Because one thing is a fact: the USA has long since ceased to be the praised and respected country where people feel at home.
Many Americans leave the country and don't regret it.
They are fed up with being a slave to the authorities and the rich.
@@baramuth71 The thing is though, a lot of those same criticisms that people have of the US exist in a lot of other countries too. I grew up in the UK and I’ve travelled a lot and spent extended amounts of time in different countries. The one thing I can say about the US that really stands out is that it is a land of extremes. You have the richest of the rich, you have people who are top of their field in various industries, you have more potential opportunity than probably any other country, especially when it comes to making money. But then you also have real poverty and crime on par with some of the poorest countries in the world. You have the best of capitalism but also the worst. Lots of racism and inequality but then also a large enough proportion of minorities that those minorities can actually have real economic and political power. The best healthcare in the world for those that have access to it, but then so many people can’t access it. It’s the best and worst of capitalism in one place. I say all that because there is this tendency to view parts of the world with rose coloured glasses when highlighting all of the things that are wrong with the US, but people that live in these places often face the same issues. And one of the reasons Americans are able to leave and do so well in other places is because they have already made and saved a lot of money in America - something that is out of reach for a lot of the people in the places they move to. I guess my point is everywhere has upsides and downsides in varying amounts but how you perceive them has a lot more to do with your individual circumstances than is usually generally acknowledged.
@@baramuth71 by the way, not disagreeing with you, just adding some thoughts
It's the same reason people travel from and to work without deviating from the same route every day. Comfort Zone and lack of knowledge beyond what's in front of them.
I’m disabled and homebound so that’s why I don’t travel much anymore because of my health otherwise I probably would
Many Texans have not left Texas.
Not going to other countries is absolutely not a flex. And im saying this as an american. Save, go travel, its so worth it.
knowing from my experience in cancun I know that one couple like decided to stop coming for more than 4 months in cancun as health insurance won’t cover it as it would in the US plus my assumption to be honest
Americans probably are better off to travel in their own country as the constitution is there to protect while in some countries things aren’t well handled as in america
It’s not really true that Americans don’t travel abroad. Here’s some numbers:
In 2023 almost 99 million Americans traveled abroad. A sampling of destinations:
Mexico: 36.71 million
Canada: 12.8 million
ASEAN countries: 2 million
Japan: about 1 million
Europe incl UK: about 12 million (that one year total is more than American military personnel in Europe during the whole of WWII)
More Americans travel abroad than foreign tourists visit the US:
-66.5 million international tourists visit the US, mostly from Mexico and Canada
-About 10 million European tourists visited the US, mainly to NYC, LA, Orlando, Miami and then national parks.
So there are more Americans visiting Europe in a single year than Europeans who visit the US. And the European tourists are mostly visiting the east and west coasts, not really seeing much of the rest of the country.
And if anyone objects that the US is a much bigger country, the total population of the EU plus the UK is over 500 million people while the US population is about 330 million.
Is big country
That and the weather/landscape point applies to so many countries 😭
America is the greatest country in the world. That's why so many people immigrate here legally and illegally. If you wanna argue that, that's fine, but just remember who the world turns to when it's time get busy.
China?
They're missing out.
Truth
for me: travelling is work.
I’m a European immigrant and the USA is so much better. Sorry not sorry
Man in this political climate...you may not get bk in...people placing contraband in your luggage etc
No.
Americans fear change… Even small ones. But it is expensive to so i guess that counts to.