1. All costs are completely sunk costs, except for the “memories” that you get, you never have an asset that you can sell later, and the costs are typically very heavy. 2. When you really think about it, the main appeal for traveling comes from the cosplay fantasy of owning property internationally - the "unboxing" equivalent of entering a fancy room or AirBnb. But there's a genuine ominousness that arises on day 2-3 when you start to fantasize about owning property and quitting your job to have a better experience abroad, which for most of us never materializes. When you get down to the logistics, you are at the mercy of an Airbnb owner or a hotel owner, nothing is ever really custom to your life, there’s a constant research time loss for comparing different offers and amenities, and really what people want is just the ability to have a home home away from home. But this never really exists. 3. There was a New Yorker piecd last year called "the case against travel". it takes kind of a new neo colonialist viewpoint, which I think is very valid. If you ever really talk to locals at some of the “hipster“ up-and-coming locations like some coastal Costa Rican towns, and places in Bali and Turkey, etc., they local truly despise this new class of tourists, they don’t see it as a change for good in any way, and it only brings in rich digital nomads who are operating on trust funds. It just leaves you with a general feeling of ickiness are you only really socialized with your surf instructor, or other similar economically situated tourists, who you never stand in touch with anyway. So the whole thing is sort of a net neutral neutral exercise, except for financially where it’s a loss. 4. The stress of travel is off the charts. compared to an activity where you are actively invested in a flow state in your hobby, or physically exercising and taking care of yourself, the stress of travel is a complete loss on your health, time, and imposes a huge amount of stress, which we often write off as an necessary business expense of traveling, but we all tolerate it so much that we get pushed around by travel institutions, like airlines and hotels and restaurants that are incredibly unhealthy. Ever gotten sick abroad? Or had to deal with major flight delays and stuck in a crappy airport? Unless you’re super rich and don’t need to travel through civilian airports, we are pushed to our limits and in substandard conditions, just because we think it’s part of the equation, but we could actually just stay at home. Of course, "voluntourism" has some local benefits sometimes, and I do think there’s a genuine symbiotic benefit to a cultural exchange type of program, but that usually needs to be long-term, particularly enough to learn the local language and offer some kind of skill. But that isn’t incredibly rare form of travel, particular for people on this sub who have to work 50 weeks per year. Instead, we should all focus on buying homesteads that are vacation-home like and where we can also split the year in, or retire to eventually. Much better return on investment. Prove me wrong?
Completely agree with you. I get more joy from acquiring nice things and hobbies than travelling to random places.
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That’s just like—your opinion, man.
Rajesh moment
Have you considered that… maybe… you are wrong? Maybe you just don’t like traveling and don’t understand why other people like it. Traveling can be a hobby too btw.
What if we travel to do our hobbies
Travel resets my mood and makes me happy. I also get a broader understanding of the world, i.e. I can go to Italy and see things like the colosseum, the streets of Venice, etc in person. These are things I’ve seen my whole life in books and tv, and now when I see them there I have a better understanding and appreciation of them.
Now the people who live in rural communities in which you buy your homestead driving up property prices will hate you too. Why should you own more than one property? Stick to your VHCOL shoebox condo which you sleep in when you’re not in your wagie cagie
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