Re:U.S. citizens no longer have access to most of the world
by asdfasgasdgasdg on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @12:56PM
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I think the operative metric is how it would rank for US passport holders in a world where the us passport was entirely unrestricted. I.e. how much is the typical US passport holder losing out compared to their ideal preferences. I think the parent's point is accurate by that metric. I doubt that many Americans urgently desire to travel there compared to most other places. I would actually quibble more with Vietnam -- it seems like a fantastic tourist destination, similar in many respects to Thailand.
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Re:U.S. citizens no longer have access to most of the world
by Cenk on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @02:09PM
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gruez said the countries on the list are “not worth travelling to“ and “not exactly on the top of most tourists’ list”, but if Turkey is the 6th most popular tourist destination in the world that’s obviously not true
Re:U.S. citizens no longer have access to most of the world
by gruez on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @03:27PM
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>gruez said the countries on the list are “not worth travelling to“
correction: "most of the countries", and "at least for most people". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23977923
Re:U.S. citizens no longer have access to most of the world
by asdfasgasdgasdg on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @03:25PM
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I agree that person's way of expressing their opinion was inelegant. But I'm trying to cut through to something true that they might have meant by what they said.