• EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 hours ago

    The average American has less than $300 in their bank account. There is no county in the US where somebody making the median salary can afford the average cost of a house for that county.

    Vacationing in Europe and going on wine tours would sound like a once-in-a-lifetime trip for the majority of Americans.

    • Rob Bos@lemmy.ca
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      4 hours ago

      Pretty tragic. Though I imagine the USA has some wonderful places to visit, as well. I remember cheap flights to Vegas were a thing, they do that as a loss leader. Is that still a thing, or has the collapse progressed that far?

      If you have a car (and being an American, you almost certainly would be car-poor), then that presumably opens up a lot of low-cost vacation options.