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Originally Posted by sarah_webinc
Very few Americans even hold a passport and that is understandable given the space they have available to move around in without one but I still think is a pitty.
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I hear this all too often by people, and your comment explains it. I can go from the tropics of Florida to the desert of Nevada/California all in the same country, without a passport. I can go from Little Italy in NYC to China Town in NYC without leaving a city. Etc Etc.
The USA has been great at taking the best portions of a Country's culture and integrating it. When I lived in Boston I could go to Southy and go to real Irish bars with actual IRA members (you know what that means), or go the North End and be in the heart of Italy.
Lets also realize that US citizens can travel to Mexico, Canada, and most of the Caribbean with a birth certificate.
I simply respond to Europeans by saying, "The EU is like the USA except we we have evolved into one country with no borders, with one prominent language, one currency, and the terrain and cultures are just as diverse as Europe".
If Europeans could have traveled in the past with just their ID cards, no passports, they too would have little or no use for passports.
Unfortunately their governments feed them this bullshit to make it look like we are the animals of the world. Some points could be made for both sides, but their basic logic is flawed...
I wish the European airlines would charge as little as the US airlines so more Europeans could come to the USA. It is amazing how few countries a lot of the Europeans I am with have been to outside of the EU area. Truly a shame.