Ask a foreigner

[Sweetpea76]

For people in the US. Do Americans travel within the States much? Visit each state once?

I do ?. I’ve been to 30 states out of the 50, but we want to go to all 50 as a bucket list thing. We also want to see all the National Parks. I’d love to travel abroad too, but road tripping is a little more doable for us. The US is so big you can get just about every climate you’d want to visit here. Tropical, deserts, prairies, heavily forested, mountains, you name it.

 

[LuckiLee]

We want to do all the National Parks too.

I just booked a weekend on Bois Blanc Island, Michigan in the summer. I cant believe I have never been there.

 

[The Albatross]

Visit each state once?

I've been to 46 of 50 states, Mexico, and 6 of the 10 Canadian provinces. A good amount of the National parks most all West of the Mississippi. the last 4 states and 4 provinces in Canada are on my bucket list but that seems very very far away as I really haven't been able to travel for quite a long time.

 

[somerandomguy]

Do Dutch people love their bikes the way we Merkins love our cars?

Do Americans travel within the States much? Visit each state once?

I'd say half of us love to travel and the other half of us stay in our hometowns and never go anywhere, although many times it's because reliable transportation isn't available. To travel, you have to have a usable car.

 

[Chris-duck]

To travel, you have to have a usable car.

Don't you guys fly places? I've flown to England for a day trip n mainland Europe for a weekend. I imagine travelling between states can't be much different from travelling from UK to mainland Europe? Or is it? I dunno ?

 

[somerandomguy]

Sure, but flying is way more expensive than driving and out of reach for even more people.

 

[Chris-duck]

Sure, but flying is way more expensive than driving and out of reach for even more people.

Fair. Here flying is cheaper usually. Like return to London for 20 quid. N to mainland Europe for like 80 quid. Gas money would cost way more.

 

[somerandomguy]

Like return to London for 20 quid. N to mainland Europe for like 80 quid.

Holy crap! If I wanted to fly to Florida it would cost me a minimum of $500. To California, $1000.

 

[Rainman8772]

Fair. Here flying is cheaper usually. Like return to London for 20 quid. N to mainland Europe for like 80 quid. Gas money would cost way more.

Gas is a lot cheaper here. Right now with prices down it cost me $35 to fill up my truck. That will get me 420 miles or so before needing more fuel.

 

[Freida]

Don't you guys fly places? I've flown to England for a day trip n mainland Europe for a weekend. I imagine travelling between states can't be much different from travelling from UK to mainland Europe? Or is it? I dunno ?

It is cheaper to fly to europe than to fly from the west coast to much of the midwest :laugh: Sadly (snort) my we found that out when my mother inlay wanted us to visit her. Such a tragedy :laugh: The other issue with flying is all the hoops you have to jump thru -- can/can't check bags can/can't pick seats, can/cant keep shoes on to go thru security, blah blah. Every airline has different rules so it can be a huge pain in the ass.

One thing that surprises my European friends is how big the US is geographically. Germany is the size of Oregon - which is only a mid size state. To get from Oregon to New York is about a 40 hour drive. A lot of retired people buy motorhomes and "snow bird" which is moving from the north to the south and back again to live in the milder weather seasons. So they spend half the year in Montana and the other half in Arizona --- or go back and forth from New York to Florida
Ya - that's the life!

 

[Chris-duck]

Holy crap! If I wanted to fly to Florida it would cost me a minimum of $500. To California, $1000.

Um. I got flights from Glasgow to new York for £400 ? you guys price shit weird

Gas is a lot cheaper here. Right now with prices down it cost me $35 to fill up my truck. That will get me 420 miles or so before needing more fuel.

Yeah. So.. it's still cheaper to fly for us... Glasgow to London is 400 odd miles.. so twenty return is cheaper than $35 dollars each way..

 

[LuckiLee]

It's a 12 hour drive to travel the full length of Michigan.