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It just seems that most places that people want to go and most things that people want to see are either too crowded so that you can't really enjoy the experience, or too remote to be able to travel to on most peoples' budgets. Given how a lot of times, there are better pictures of the places on the internet than what you can see in real life, why do people feel the need to deal with the hassle of travelling?
Seriously? Come out of the basement! Join the sunshine! Google Earth has got nothing on seeing something in person....as someone who loves historical homes and towns, there's no comparing looking at Monticello online to being INSIDE Thomas Jefferson's home! Climbing the half mile hike up the side of a mountain in the Great Smokey Mountains to get to Clingman's Dome where you climb some more to view the mountains in 4 states! Photos don't do it justice. It's an experience. Climbing the steps inside of a lighthouse and knowing how challenging it is can't be seen on a photo. Neither can the 120 temperature inside the tower next to the lens.
Crowded? I haven't been many places I would consider to be crowded and I'm not a person who likes crowds. Sightseeing during the off season has far less people and typically costs less. There are plenty places to see throughout the country. You'd be amazed at what's in your own town and county. Within an hour of my home, there are over 6 state parks, lakes, beaches, rivers, waterfalls, dozens of historic houses, historic towns, farms, wineries, national parks, national and state forest lands, historic museums, numerous museums, amusement parks, restaurants, unique hobby shops, a living history museum, and more. Many of these places have no admission or very low fees. For instances, at our state parks, you can spend the entire day - sun up to sun down - for a mere $7 per carload! If you find $7 to be expensive, you've got some serious issues.
It just seems that most places that people want to go and most things that people want to see are either too crowded so that you can't really enjoy the experience, or too remote to be able to travel to on most peoples' budgets. Given how a lot of times, there are better pictures of the places on the internet than what you can see in real life, why do people feel the need to deal with the hassle of travelling?
Because many people like to get out their mom's basement sometimes?
In case anyone thought that I was kidding or just trying to create a troll thread, that was not my intention. When I was a little kid, I looked at an atlas for a long time every day, and I had an actual interest of wanting to go to a lot of these places. But being in a place always turns out to be more disappointing than the image I've created about the place, and that I learn more about cultures from watching Youtube videos or talking to people from other places who have moved to where I live than I do from actually going to those other places.
It just seems that most places that people want to go and most things that people want to see are either too crowded so that you can't really enjoy the experience, or too remote to be able to travel to on most peoples' budgets. Given how a lot of times, there are better pictures of the places on the internet than what you can see in real life, why do people feel the need to deal with the hassle of travelling?
Because seeing something on a screen doesn't compare to seeing it in person.
In case anyone thought that I was kidding or just trying to create a troll thread, that was not my intention. When I was a little kid, I looked at an atlas for a long time every day, and I had an actual interest of wanting to go to a lot of these places. But being in a place always turns out to be more disappointing than the image I've created about the place, and that I learn more about cultures from watching Youtube videos or talking to people from other places who have moved to where I live than I do from actually going to those other places.
It's possible that you're just a person who doesn't enjoy traveling. But it's also possible that you'd enjoy it more if you did less research beforehand, and check out places you don't already know a lot about. Give yourself some room for surprise and novelty to work their magic.
How come the same can't apply to traveling? If you're constantly traveling and seeing things, how is it any different than watching TV or playing with video games? Are you not wasting time away too? Is traveling not like an addiction? If people say, "hey, let's go hiking that mountain today." How is that any more fulfilling than watching a favorite TV show? Aren't they both a waste of time? If you have things that you'd like to do more than hike that mountain, then isn't hiking that mountain a waste of time for you?
In other words, depending on how you prioritize things, traveling could be a waste of time.
Getting tired of traveling or considering it a waste of time is like saying your tired of sex.
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It just seems that most places that people want to go and most things that people want to see are either too crowded so that you can't really enjoy the experience, or too remote to be able to travel to on most peoples' budgets. Given how a lot of times, there are better pictures of the places on the internet than what you can see in real life, why do people feel the need to deal with the hassle of travelling?
A picture of something...even of paintings is a poor substitute for seeing, tasting or experiencing the real thing.
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Originally Posted by dxdtdemon
But being in a place always turns out to be more disappointing than the image I've created about the place, and that I learn more about cultures from watching Youtube videos or talking to people from other places who have moved to where I live than I do from actually going to those other places.
If this is what your trips are like then your doing something wrong.
Wow, everyone is being very hard on the OP. I happen to agree with him/her. And not everyone is looking at a computer in the basement, either, and that's insulting. (!) Some people have nice houses with computers with a nice view, that they are paying good money for, without much cash left over. They might have school or other loans they need to pay off before they go on leisure trips. They also might only get two weeks a year off and not have time to do a real long distance visit.
I don't have the money for hotels at several hundred dollars a night, don't have money for plane flights or even a lot of gas for the car, don't enjoy restaurants (with food that often disagrees with my health issues) and certainly don't want to pay good money to leave town, spend the night(s) sick in a strange hotel room, and certainly don't want to climb mountains for the view or anything of the sort. After you say 'wow' you have to climb back down again. Extrapolated out to Mt. Everest, lots of people die doing just that, something like one out of seven, including the human mules that are hired to take supplies up and back.
There are a few places I'd like to visit in my life including the pyramids at Giza but that interest kinda faded when someone told me 'Egypt smells like camels' - lol. I'll just read up about them on line, which is plenty to keep me busy and I don't have to worry about drinking the water, coming home with new weird diseases, or paying the huge bills, thank you.
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