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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (lemmy.world)

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Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population

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[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You can't get anywhere without getting on a plane in America or out of it.

Also the average is almost certainly skewed by the incredibly large amount some people spend on vacations and the basic minimum it costs to do so.

And people will put nice things in debt so that they can still enjoy it cause nobody wants a life where they do nothing and get nothing nice ever. That's literally a whole style of monk because it's hard to do.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

That's not how the average was calculated, see the article I linked. And people can absolutely have a fun time without getting on an airplane. A weekend road trip or camping trip, visiting a zoo, hopping on a train - plenty of fun and affordable options that cover most of the US without flying or dropping two stacks and threatening yourself with homelessness just to have an experience that can wait until you're more established.

Hell, my favorite vaca was completely free - I strapped a tent (free from Buy Nothing) to my bicycle (same) and rode a trail to a river front campsite that was also free (thanks, boy scouts) and sat by the water relaxing for a few nights. All I had to buy was food.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 1 points 18 hours ago

My vacation is staying home and tending to my garden and eating my own produce.
We are not exactly the standard polling public though who have absolutely been sold the concept of getting to see the globalized world. There are all types in this world. We can't ask them to all be like us.

Also it's a bit wild to think you may ever be more established. This world and societal structures are crumbling and people can feel it. People can feel they may not get the chance before things change.