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People used to compete socially by having the biggest house, the biggest car. Millenials do it with instagram pictures instead?

by klean92 10y ago

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JazCE 10y ago
Then I spent 400 bucks on this Just to be like nigga you ain't up on this! - http://genius.com/225037 http://genius.com/225037 I think it's more a case of Millenials (not even really them) being able to afford to go to Angkor Wat or any other exotic destination.
- cmrdporcupine 10y ago
  Could possibly be. I didn't get on a plane til I was 17 and that was a domestic flight. And didn't get overseas until I was 19 and my grandparents paid for it, and we had family overseas. It just wasn't financially possible for a (reasonably financially stable) working class family like ours to fly. Now this kind of travel seems routine?
  - nikofeyn 10y ago
    i honestly don't understand how people afford it. i just joined okcupid, and you would think it was a dating site hosted by the travel channel.
    - matwood 10y ago
      The biggest boon to my traveling was a) go to cheaper places b) AirBnb c) off season or shoulders. Croatia is amazing and inexpensive, although I would make sure to go in the summer to experience the beaches. Hungary is the same and is nice in the fall/spring. Slovenia is a beautiful country. Even Prague can be affordable on the 'shoulders'. Flights are still pricey, but even they are cheaper if you avoid the 3 months of the summer. I have even touched on SEA which appears to be the younger persons favorite inexpensive place to go.
    - J-dawg 10y ago
      Oh man, you brought back a few memories of when I tried internet dating. So many posed photos next to world landmarks. Look at me! I'm well travelled! Look how interesting and fun I am!
  - martinald 10y ago
    The main thing is that airfare is really cheap. Firstly, it's got cheaper because of efficiency savings and economies of scale. Secondly, people's incomes have risen way quicker than the cost of airfare. It's reasonable for someone in the working class - making say $20/hr - to be able to afford a $400 round trip to another continent. Many destinations are really cheap when you get there, too.
    - totalrobe 10y ago
      In my experience, $400 in airfare from the US will get you about as far as mexico.
      - martinald 10y ago
        Really? In the UK from LHR on MAN you can usually get to most countries (except perhaps Australia/NZ). Definitely have seen it as low as £250rtn to Japan; for example. I have flown to SF for about £300rtn recently.
      - dagw 10y ago
        Depends how far in advance you book and where you're flying from. Poking around www.google.com/flights I found plenty of flights from New York to various cities in Europe in October for less than $450
        matwood 10y ago
        Of course it is cheaper if you live in a hub. NYC, ATL, CLT, all have cheap flights. My guess is that most people do not live within easy driving distance of those places and have to pay the local airport premium.
        totalrobe 10y ago
        Yep, NYC to EU isn't too bad but from the DC area $700 roundtrip to europe is a great price.
  - nekopa 10y ago
    Not knowing how old you are, or where you hail from, but I was able to travel a lot when I was a young teen during the 80s (in the UK), just by having a different priority on my money than my friends. My mother was living on disability, so I got all my money from part time work. But I saved like a madman to travel. Looking back on photos from when I was 14-15, you can see that most of my clothing was old and out of fashion, I never had the latest music, or went to concerts or other things that my friends did, but all my cash went on travel (and computers :) Granted, most of my early travel was just by bus, ferry and thumb, and being next to Europe helped too.
  - gambiting 10y ago
    If you live in Europe and plan couple months ahead you can buy international flights with Ryanair or any other budget airline for as little as $50, round trip. So it's perfectly possible for a student to go for a weekend in Paris or London, staying at youth hostels or AirBnB locations. If you don't mind taking a bus it's even cheaper, my friends just booked a bus to London(from North of England, so not quite international, but still) for $7 because they booked it 4 months in advance and the bus leaves at 1am so it's not very popular.

People used to compete socially by having the biggest house, the biggest car. Millenials do it with instagram pictures instead?

by klean92 10y ago

People used to compete socially by having the biggest house, the biggest car. Millenials do it with instagram pictures instead?

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JazCE 10y ago

Then I spent 400 bucks on this Just to be like nigga you ain't up on this! - http://genius.com/225037 http://genius.com/225037 I think it's more a case of Millenials (not even really them) being able to afford to go to Angkor Wat or any other exotic destination.

cmrdporcupine 10y ago
Could possibly be. I didn't get on a plane til I was 17 and that was a domestic flight. And didn't get overseas until I was 19 and my grandparents paid for it, and we had family overseas. It just wasn't financially possible for a (reasonably financially stable) working class family like ours to fly. Now this kind of travel seems routine?
- nikofeyn 10y ago
  i honestly don't understand how people afford it. i just joined okcupid, and you would think it was a dating site hosted by the travel channel.
  - matwood 10y ago
    The biggest boon to my traveling was a) go to cheaper places b) AirBnb c) off season or shoulders. Croatia is amazing and inexpensive, although I would make sure to go in the summer to experience the beaches. Hungary is the same and is nice in the fall/spring. Slovenia is a beautiful country. Even Prague can be affordable on the 'shoulders'. Flights are still pricey, but even they are cheaper if you avoid the 3 months of the summer. I have even touched on SEA which appears to be the younger persons favorite inexpensive place to go.
  - J-dawg 10y ago
    Oh man, you brought back a few memories of when I tried internet dating. So many posed photos next to world landmarks. Look at me! I'm well travelled! Look how interesting and fun I am!
- martinald 10y ago
  The main thing is that airfare is really cheap. Firstly, it's got cheaper because of efficiency savings and economies of scale. Secondly, people's incomes have risen way quicker than the cost of airfare. It's reasonable for someone in the working class - making say $20/hr - to be able to afford a $400 round trip to another continent. Many destinations are really cheap when you get there, too.
  - totalrobe 10y ago
    In my experience, $400 in airfare from the US will get you about as far as mexico.
    - martinald 10y ago
      Really? In the UK from LHR on MAN you can usually get to most countries (except perhaps Australia/NZ). Definitely have seen it as low as £250rtn to Japan; for example. I have flown to SF for about £300rtn recently.
    - dagw 10y ago
      Depends how far in advance you book and where you're flying from. Poking around www.google.com/flights I found plenty of flights from New York to various cities in Europe in October for less than $450
      - matwood 10y ago
        Of course it is cheaper if you live in a hub. NYC, ATL, CLT, all have cheap flights. My guess is that most people do not live within easy driving distance of those places and have to pay the local airport premium.
        totalrobe 10y ago
        Yep, NYC to EU isn't too bad but from the DC area $700 roundtrip to europe is a great price.
- nekopa 10y ago
  Not knowing how old you are, or where you hail from, but I was able to travel a lot when I was a young teen during the 80s (in the UK), just by having a different priority on my money than my friends. My mother was living on disability, so I got all my money from part time work. But I saved like a madman to travel. Looking back on photos from when I was 14-15, you can see that most of my clothing was old and out of fashion, I never had the latest music, or went to concerts or other things that my friends did, but all my cash went on travel (and computers :) Granted, most of my early travel was just by bus, ferry and thumb, and being next to Europe helped too.
- gambiting 10y ago
  If you live in Europe and plan couple months ahead you can buy international flights with Ryanair or any other budget airline for as little as $50, round trip. So it's perfectly possible for a student to go for a weekend in Paris or London, staying at youth hostels or AirBnB locations. If you don't mind taking a bus it's even cheaper, my friends just booked a bus to London(from North of England, so not quite international, but still) for $7 because they booked it 4 months in advance and the bus leaves at 1am so it's not very popular.