Damon , with all due respect, you are completely misreading my comment and projecting your feelings onto my words. Nowhere did I say people who don’t travel aren’t curious. I made the converse statement, if you are curious about something, seek it out and feed that curiosity. Applies to travel or anything else.

And while there can be extenuating circumstances that make travel difficult — single parenthood, poverty, illness, etc — many others aren’t willing to make the sacrifices or don’t want it bad enough. That’s fine, too.

But young, single, able-bodied people have few excuses, if they do want it. I’ve met countless people who saved money living with their parents, working low wage jobs. Then they worked, explored and couchsurfed their way across Asia, South America and Europe. They didn’t come from money or privilege. They just made it happen. It’s easier and cheaper than ever to do this with sites like AirBnB and Couchsurfing.

Having grown up a poor immigrant from the Soviet Union, I can assure you that even modest incomes coupled with delayed gratification can allow people to travel. At a minimum, every single person in the US is within a $60 Greyhound ride to any other part of the country — or a beat up Chevy drive through Canada or even South America. And virtually all obstacles to travel can be eliminated in one generation.

Best of luck to you.