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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Domestic travel just isn't that much cheaper. [/quote]

True. But when I was growing up on a middle class income even domestic travel was unusual. UMC DC families take 2-3 trips a year that would be “once in a lifetime” trips for median income families. [/quote]

Agree- I grew up very middle class in the Midwest and even something like Disney (which wasn't nearly as expensive as it is now), the Grand Canyon, or a beach trip to the Carolinas was kind of a big deal and certianly not something you did every year.  This area is just wealthier, period.  But FWIW maybe it's just our neighborhood/friend circle but I don't know anyone who is taking 2-3 big trips per year, who has the leave for that anyway??  Our families aren't local so we always need to devote some of our time off to seeing them.
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This tracks with my experience as a kid. I grew up in the Midwest. Basically every vacation was visiting relatives. My experience was a little different because some of my relatives were relatively far-flung - visiting an Aunt in Maryland; going to see my father and step-family in Colorado. Our big destination vacation was Hilton Head every couple of years where my grandfather liked to play golf. This made me one of the "well-traveled" kids in my circle. I didn't leave the country until I was 20 - and that was just a day trip on Spring Break from South Padre, TX to Matamoros, Mexico. I was 40 before I made my first trip overseas.

Since then, my family has made up for lost time and my kids have way more experience with travel than I did with trips to Germany, Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal over the years. That's a combination of having a little more money and fewer kids than my parents did; cheaper and more accessible flights/lodging than 40 years ago; and simply a greater interest in those places[/quote]

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