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Re:The longest straight line in Great Britain (without cross... by ledauphin on Friday April 07, 2023 @10:46AM (#35482090)
this is an interesting statistic. I'd love to have a reference!
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Re:The longest straight line in Great Britain (without cross... by pacaro on Friday April 07, 2023 @10:52AM (#35482154)
https://today.yougov.com/topics/travel/articles-reports/2021...

Apparently only 37% of Americans have a valid current passport

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Re:The longest straight line in Great Britain (without cross... by ghaff on Friday April 07, 2023 @11:19AM (#35482486)
Even assuming that includes passport cards for Canada/Mexico, unless someone lives near the border, an international trip is a relatively big deal for a lot of families. The US is big and has a lot of variety for travel. It's really not surprising that a (sizable) minority don't have near-term plans to travel internationally.
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Re:The longest straight line in Great Britain (without cross... by pacaro on Friday April 07, 2023 @12:00PM (#35483102)
Absolutely agree. The socio-economic breakdown of the research backs this up. It's very strongly correlated with household income
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Re:The longest straight line in Great Britain (without cross... by killjoywashere on Friday April 07, 2023 @10:51AM (#35482139)
Seems there are some stats running around about the number of US citizens who hold passports.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/804430/us-citzens-owning...

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