How far would someone have to travel to be considered “Well traveled”?

3 years ago by WhatsHerBucket to c/asklemmy

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Mane25 5 points 3 years ago

I'm going to just pluck this out of the air and say "been to more than three other countries" is well travelled - for someone in the first world that's not difficult and is an important thing to do for broadening the mind. Some people might say that's a low bar, but there are enough that would say it's too high as well which makes me think it's probably about right.

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Zealous 3 points 3 years ago

I'm not sure if that would be considered well travelled from a European perspective. For example if you live in the Netherlands, you could drive to Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and France all within 3-5 hours. A quick Google says the average European visits 8 countries within their lifetime. Geographical proximity and culturally dissimilarity definitely need to be considered.

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Linus_Torvalds 3 points 3 years ago

Also exposure to the country. Just driving through it (or sitting in an all-exclusive resort for that matter) is not what I consider travelling/exploring.

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