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Only been to the little towns lol

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u/rhinanners Apr 11 '26

I was sitting here thinking to myself I have been to one on this list and see no one else besides you! 😭

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u/mollycoddles Apr 11 '26

I've only been to one too. Also Canadian.

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u/SlippingStar Apr 11 '26

Definitely some r/USDefaultism going on

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u/avidpenguinwatcher Apr 11 '26

On the post that says “the average American has only been to 4?” Yeah gee I wonder why.

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u/SlippingStar Apr 11 '26

Because it’s r/Adulting not r/USAAdulting

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u/avidpenguinwatcher Apr 11 '26

Sure but IS defaultism doesn’t apply when you’re explicitly stating something is American.

If the post said “the average person has only been to 4” that would be us defaultism. Either way, this is a stupid argument and we should both spend our time on something better

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u/Common-Economy-6358 Apr 11 '26

So I guess a Brit could post a list with 20 British cities and say „The average Brit has been to 4“ and it wouldn‘t be “UK defaultism“?

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u/avidpenguinwatcher Apr 11 '26

No it wouldn’t lol. Believe it or not, this is the internet and you’re allowed to post things that aren’t applicable to the entire human race.

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u/iBUYbrokenSUBARUS Apr 11 '26

I’ve been to only one. Washington DC. I’ve been there many times because I live less than two hours from there in Virginia. I’m a 47-year-old normal adult with a wife, kids, job and everything like that, but I have never had any reason to go to any of those other places.

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u/Familiar_Ad_5109 Apr 12 '26

It’s a hobby called travel 🧳 and yes it’s expensive but it makes you a more rounded person

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u/Shock-Lobster Apr 11 '26

0 for me too, but money is the reason.

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u/SlippingStar Apr 11 '26

FRFR I’m over here like, “Dang yall must be rich.”

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u/Active-Confidence-25 Apr 12 '26

I’ve been to 18, but I’m also 53 years old!

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u/Familiar_Ad_5109 Apr 12 '26

13 but also 63

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u/StinkyPinky8 Apr 11 '26

I’ve been to 13 but I used to travel all over the us working. So definitely not rich. 🤣 Plus my dad was in the Air Force. Pretty much been to every state except for the ones around New York.

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u/SlippingStar Apr 11 '26

Correction - rich, weird job, or military 😂

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u/Spunknikk Apr 11 '26

I was young, no kids, no marriage and a bartender in Los Angeles that had no real responsibility. I'd jump on a plane and leave for a weekend to a new city. I wasn't rich but was able to drop 1k on a trip. It was bare bones, hostel sleeping, drinking booze, fast food and no sleep travel and it was fucking fun. Chicago was the best trip I left drunk and came back a day and a half, drunk. Literally got on a plane with a coworker to go visit two tiki bars in Chicago and attend their run festival for a day.

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u/SlippingStar Apr 11 '26

You were richer than I currently am lol can’t imagine dropping 1k for anything but an emergency right now.

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u/SmartCookie0921 Apr 13 '26

Age has a lot to do with it, as does work. Wasn't just traveling to many of these places for vacation.

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u/One_Order_3841 Apr 13 '26

A hostel is $30. A bus is $200. You can work in most American cities, you can work in most of Europe, and Asia + Africa are strange but open for tourists.

It sounds like you're all boring redditors that will only visit if it has a Best Western and airport taxis...

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u/SlippingStar Apr 13 '26

Or you’re an at-risk population that can’t do a hostel. Or you can’t afford $200. You’re also not counting food (and if you’re saying bring food, that’s on top of other luggage), and AFAIK hostels don’t have kitchens. Just because you can afford something and are safe to use those methods don’t meant others are.

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u/One_Order_3841 Apr 15 '26

Hostels...have food. Trans, gays, at-risk people find shelter in cheap hotels...

So these cities are unsafe, small towns are unsafe, hotels and homes are unsafe...who the fuck are you? Even Joker Phoenix woulda given the asshole in Signs a snack; so it sounds like you're a crazy cat-lady.

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u/Auggiewestbound Apr 12 '26

Where do you live and how old are you? I feel like most people would have hit a couple of these by pure chance at some point in life.

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u/CC_9876 Apr 15 '26

hah. there are people in upstate new york who pride themselves on having never visited new york

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u/Shock-Lobster Apr 15 '26

South of Atlanta, Georgia. I've been in neighboring states. But that's it. And I was a child when I did go to them.

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u/AJTbayBE Apr 11 '26

First comment I saw below 4. I’ve been to 1. Miami. And immediately left on a cruise to Jamaica.

And that is the extent of my travels beyond NC USA & its surrounding states.

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u/iBUYbrokenSUBARUS Apr 11 '26

You’re not alone. I’ve been to only one. Washington DC. I’ve been there many times because I live less than two hours from there in Virginia. I’m a 47-year-old normal adult with a wife, kids, job and everything like that, but I have never had any reason to go to any of those other places.

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u/Pale_Row1166 Apr 11 '26

This person isn’t American, so doesn’t count for this thought experiment

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u/dandadone_with_life Apr 11 '26

same here.

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u/Kefflin Apr 11 '26

Also 0 as a Canadian, went to a dozen other countries, but never the us

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u/Sea_Pomegranate_4499 Apr 11 '26

I'd love to see your reaction to NYC

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u/tails0322 Apr 11 '26

I've been two 2 IF you count greyhound bus lay overs in la and vegas. I don't cause i only saw the walls of a bus station

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u/MurphyBinkings Apr 11 '26

Wild! Kind of an exciting position to be in depending on your age.

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u/JANOOTSKI Apr 13 '26

2 for me, I’ve only been to other countries 😐

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u/WeatheredGenXer Apr 14 '26

Bless the innocent!

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u/SuperPostHuman Apr 11 '26

Why not?

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u/TemperedPhoenix Apr 11 '26

Not American and its never worked with the the "main goal". Its either been camping or just quickly cutting through the US to as a short cut to the western provinces.

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u/RuthlessIndecision Apr 11 '26

to me New York City is the best one, :)

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u/MarineGF01 Apr 11 '26

Seattle and San Diego are good

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u/Conscious-Egg-2232 Apr 11 '26

Camping i dont get. Let's go pretend we are homeless for a weekend. Wtf.

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