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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up as a military brat in Fairfax County in the 70s & 80s. Most all of my friends and neighbors in our suburb were career military or feds. I can’t think of anyone who regularly traveled overseas or took exotic in-season or out of season vacations on the regular like nearly all families seem to do now.

My parents took their first-ever cruise (out of Baltimore) in 1988, but this was a budget-friendly, low key experience.

I realize we were considered fairly solidly middle class (some UMC) and our vacations, like our friends’ were maybe to Virginia Beach, Nags Head and so many road trips to see relatives or attend family reunions.

[b]Wonder if hopping on a plane to Europe for a family vacation just wasn’t aspirational[/b]- most of our dads (and families) were stationed overseas, took TDY trips and/or were Vietnam vets. My dad had already seen the world well before I was born and wanted nothing more than an attainable, simply beach trip within a 4 hour drive.
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Also, flights were WAY more expensive back in the 70s and 80s than they are now.  [/quote]

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