Why is "traveling" such an admired or accomplished trait these days?

Traveling, like running can be done wrong or right.

Sure you can travel and stay at some cookie cutter hotel, eat at chillies and and hit a few local tourist traps, or you can get out and really try to see the place you are visiting.

Just like how you can go running and do the same route, in the same shoes at the same pace 3 days a week.

In the end doing it is better than not doing it at all, but some are just not maximizing their effort.

or this wrote:

If you're traveling internationally, it shows a person has initiative, flexibility, resourcefulness, and knowledge.

And a sense of adventure.

Relentless wrote:

I largely disagree with your scornful extremist view, but seriously man, you are dead wrong about America. Sure the cities are fairly homogenized, but if you go to a small town in Alabama, North Dakota, California, you will find distinctly different cultures, cuisines, dialects, and demographics.

Are the "Southeners" that I see depicted on CMT's "Party Down South," (the most-watched show on that network) accurate representatives of that region?

que que what? wrote:

When you die the only thing you take with you are memories and the satisfaction of having experienced as much as you possibly can.

Huh!?

Aside from this, traveling in and of itself does not make you interesting. I've been to So. America, Europe, the Middle East, and most of the 50 states and there are still places within 50 miles of my home that I haven't seen.

Are there unforgettable memories from distant places I've traveled to? Sure. Are there equally important, if not more so, memories from home? Yes.

cruce wrote:

First off, ........ (ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ)...

.....If you are the .05% who actually get this and understand it, you don't need to be told that anyone who esteems you just for "travelling" is a complete fool and doesn't warrant the time of day from you.

Too long a cry, dude.

Haji wrote:

or this wrote:

If you're traveling internationally, it shows a person has initiative, flexibility, resourcefulness, and knowledge.

And a sense of adventure.

You can display all of those characteristics without traveling internationally. If you can't figure out how, you're lacking in creativity.

Because brah....travel is like...the only expense...that makes you richer...brah.

Only if you backpack. This does not apply to 5-star luxury cruises.

or this wrote:

If you're traveling internationally, it shows a person has initiative, flexibility, resourcefulness, and knowledge.

vivalarepublica wrote:

Haji wrote:

And a sense of adventure.

You can display all of those characteristics without traveling internationally. If you can't figure out how, you're lacking in creativity.

No one is claiming that traveling is the only way to display the above characteristics. The fact that traveling is not the only way to display these traits does not mitigate the fact that it is a way to display the traits.

Atlas Shrugged it Off wrote:

I live in a state where there are three distinct regions each with different climates, cultures and politics. When we talk about state politics it's necessary to understand each of those groups and how issues affect them. Imagine that in the national or world scale.

That's why travel is important.

What state? Why the secrecy?

rojo wrote:

Atlas Shrugged it Off wrote:

I live in a state where there are three distinct regions each with different climates, cultures and politics. When we talk about state politics it's necessary to understand each of those groups and how issues affect them. Imagine that in the national or world scale.

That's why travel is important.

What state? Why the secrecy?

What state has three distinct regions with different climates? Not exactly hard to infer.

cruce wrote:

The usa is absolutely uniform now, the exact same from miami to portland. Regional variation has been erased. You eat the same hamburger or chili's entree for 3000 miles, listen to the same songs and the same voices on the radio, the same commercials, see the same billboards advertising the same trash products, even the architecture is the same: square.

If you are flying into cities and directly heading to hotels, and seeing only the places advertised to tourists, you may get this impression. But that's how you have decided to travel to those places.

You can live in a foreign country for several years, and spend most of your time with the "ex pat" community. (I know many of them in person.) Or you can go to your neighboring town and discover something interesting. What matters is whether your eyes and mind are open. I guess you have chosen to close them wherever you go inside the US.

The fact that you use the phrase "these days" to describe traveling (sic), as if it's some kind of recent trend, indicates you could do with some traveling (sic) yourself.Seriously, there are too many stupid Midwest high school students on this board.GET OUT AND LIVE.

vivalarepublica wrote:

So I noticed that lots of people these days like to discuss their travels or admire people that have traveled or express great enthusiasm for their travels or the traveling of others. I always figured that traveling was a sign of wealth and leisure more than anything, not a unique trait that makes you interesting. Now if you can play seven instruments or build a car from spare parts, now that's interesting.

Why do some people regard traveling with such high esteem? I understand there is the novelty factor involved, but you don't have to spend thousands of dollars traveling to some far off land for novelty. What's the deal, people?

More importantly, why did you put quotation marks around the word traveling?

This makes "no sense"

Only as much as the morons on the thankfully cancelled "Jersey Shore" were accurate representatives of NJ. Which is to say No.

use ur brain, bro wrote:

What state has three distinct regions with different climates? Not exactly hard to infer.

A lot.

Tennessee was the first to come to mind. Hence their flag.

Washington?

Alaska?

Montana?

South Dakota?

Oregon?

What's the answer?

Manuscription of one's adventures is the only admirable consequence of travel.

I don't think it's as admired as people think it is. When people say they traveled somewhere, it's rude to not ask at least a couple questions about it. This makes the person who traveled think that they did something interesting.

And they DID do something interesting, just not something that's easy to communicate with people. Aside from all the food you ate, things you saw, and people you talked to, what was really interesting was being thrown out of your routine for a while and being able to just go explore a new place for the sake of exploring. But that kind of an experience is as hard to genuinely communicate as running a marathon to people who've never run one. It just rings hollow and sounds self-important.

vivalarepublica wrote:

Haji wrote:

And a sense of adventure.

You can display all of those characteristics without traveling internationally. If you can't figure out how, you're lacking in creativity.

You can have a delicious meal without eating Chinese. But Chinese food is still f*cking delicious.

That is, the statement you're replying to was an "if", not "if and only if".