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TSA announces $45 fee for travelers with no REAL ID
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For some people in some cases, sure. Myself, I traveled in South America for 3 months last year and overall I saved money vs. expenses in the US, even with airfare included. Also, there's probably 100 million Americans that live within a single tank of gas of getting to Mexico or Canada. There are plenty of lower-income Americans, Brits, Aussies, and Germans (to name the big groups) who manage to travel extensively for long periods at very low expense. I've met many of them, and they could make "thousands of dollars" (let's say you're talking about $3,000) last a good three months in many parts of the world. Look for deals, be willing to not get exactly what you want, and be patient, and travel can be (and had been for me) cheaper overall than paying US prices for housing food etc.
Just did a quick search and just to fly to all the european countries and asia I tried were over $1000. South America was $500+. Also, most of us still have to pay rent while we're traveling, we own shit we can't just abandon so it's literally impossible for it to be cheaper to travel and what do you do when you come back to no job?