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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m curious about this too. My kids will have been to quite a few states (mostly because we have moved within the US a few times) and about 5 countries. When I graduated from high school I had never been outside the US, but that was many years ago. And we were poor. [/quote]
OP here.  Travel abroad wasn’t a thing even for most middle class families.  Now it’s the norm?? I wonder for how long given inflation. But yeah, it’s crazy all the places kids have been to from my kids’ classes.[/quote]

Flights are much cheaper now (even with recent inflation) than 30 years ago. In mid-90s I went to SE Asia, flight was $1600. Same flight today is $1700, even though inflation since then almost exactly doubled.

Also, not to stereotype, but the average DCUM is not even close to median US household income- aka middle class. You may think of yourself as middle class, but you very likely are not. Nationally, median household income is about 80k. In this area it's about $115k.[/quote]

I also think the internet makes reasonably priced travel for families so much easier to plan.  It’s so much easier to understand the options than when we were kids and our parents would have to get a travel agent and go with what they could offer. [/quote]

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