rafterman wrote:
NO WAY! I have been a world traveler since I was 19 - over 50 years - having traveled extensively while in the U.S. Navy for 20 years, and traveled with my wife on cruises and visits to other countries. I could never leave the conveniences of this country. Everything here works all the time and when it doesn't, it is normally due to a mother nature catastrophe and gets fixed quickly. Sure, there are some places in the world that may do things better than we do (that is mainly do to smaller populations and pure size), but overall, we are much better off than any other place I have been (and there are some darn fantastic places in the world).
NO WAY! I have been a world traveler since I was ... (
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At this point and time, I'm afraid to leave the town I live in let alone go to another country if anything happened and it looks like it might you would never get back home