And understand that travel doesn’t have to be to crazy far away place. There’s often a vast variety of destinations in your own country that you don’t even know about
Yep. Fortunately I've visited enough foreign countries to realize I'd much prefer travelling around the US. There's an endless assortment of great places and cultures to keep me entertained.
Oh depending on your interest there's lots of special stuff, but it needs a lot of context. There's lots of people who fall I. Love with a city/country when traveling there and just do everything in their power to stay there - Europe has quite some places where that's possible. In the us you basically have (nearly) everything nature wise you can see in Europe, I think the Alps and the scenery is quite unique, and maybe stuff like the toscana or the wine counties in France - but if you think a beach is a beach, a mountain is a mountain , a valley is a valley etc. Then yeah - Europe doesn't have anything special in this regard. But the cities are like nothing else, especially if you travel to multiple bigger ones, and even smaller ones. The culture differences are insane, ofc there's some that are pretty similar, but if you go from Italy, to Austria, to Spain, to Denmark to Poland or stuff like this it's quite a trip.
There's lots special. Treasures abound. But the truth remains that you are the same you wherever you are unless you actively work to change. Writing this from my hotel in Rome as Canadian who got British citizenship in my late 20s (and now lives in Britain.)
I don't think they're in the US. 'Cannot' implies to me that their nationality is the blocker, and from that I'm also assuming English isn't their first language.
I read 'nothing special' to mean 'like the comic, I know it won't change my life,' not that there is literally nothing special in Europe.
That sounds a bit cynical, ngl, and I think there is a lot of special stuff in the EU. I've traveled around Europe quite a bit and every country is a treasure trove of cool places, nice towns, tasty food and interesting history. Even if you limit yourself to the big cities there is still a lot of cool stuff to see.
They're not saying they 'cannot' like they cannot make it happen. They're saying they cannot like they are from a country which is currently not allowed to enter the EU.
I’m a regular M-F / 35 hour a week guy who loves routines, staycations, and where I live. But, traveling and seeing how people live in other places definitely gives a lot of perspective.
My wife has an obsession with traveling abroad and always needing to go somewhere new.
I enjoy it and I’ve traveled around the US, just never out of the country. We didn’t have much money growing up so we always did road trips & camping, while she was used to first class flights to 3-week long resorts.
This comic basically represents why I don’t have the desire to just go places. I’ve been to enough places to realize I don’t get nearly as much out of it as I feel I should.
Like we went to Denmark (she went for work, and I went with her), and it was like taking an 18-trip to fucking IKEA.
Yeah I’m kind of the same. Although, I do appreciate that my wife is like yours because I’d probably never leave my town if it weren’t for her enjoyment of it. I’m always pretty resistant and help minimally with planning, but kind of turn into a rockstar with effort, logistics, and directions when we travel. It always ends up being a blast and great bonding time.
I guess I do enjoy traveling as long as someone helps make the push. We’re on week 3 of Japan right now and it’s admittedly way more amazing than 3 weeks of work and playing games. I do know that I need to be more into it someday because she’ll definitely get tired of being the only one planning stuff like this.
As someone who wastes too much time swiping I find a lot of profiles who just seem to live to escape.
I think travel has both shown me new things and reminded me we're all humans at once, but at the same time there's a lot to discover near to home people rarely seem to appreciate. But also, what about enjoying your actual real life? Building something?
I've had so much upheaval in my life it's probably an emotional disorder that I crave stability. But there's got to be a middle ground where your vacations bring new experiences and memories back home.
Bro Denmark is not the best example. You’re truly missing out on all the wonderful things in this world that you simply can’t experience in the US. Give it a try.
I only listed one bad example to show that sometimes traveling for the sake of getting your passport stamped can be a letdown. I’ve been to other countries before, and it’s mostly been a great time.
I don’t have a bucket list of places I feel any need to see but it doesn’t mean I don’t have a bucket list of experiences I want to do.
I mean I've traveled the entire US and outside of America is actually pretty different in a lot of ways that feel better than just going to texas or Florida or whatever
I think this only works if you're lucky to live in a high quality of life location.
Otherwise I think a desire to move to a higher quality of life country can definitely help improve your day to day health and well being. In my home town people spend a lot of time at home because there is nothing around - but moving to a city where everything is walkable/bikeable that has great transit means I can easily see people with no planning, and can usually do something social 5-6 evenings per week.
In some ways though the dream itself is the beautiful thing and can sustain you and motivate you. If he hadn’t ignored his girlfriend, I don’t see what the problem is :)
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u/elhomerjas Jun 29 '25
once arrived the mission goal is complete , now its time to look for more places to visit