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Subject: Re: Why do Americans not travel more internationally ? Posted on: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 20:08:53 EST

Alan S wrote:

> On Sat, 05 Nov 2005 20:16:49 GMT, "Bill McKee"
> wrote:
>
> >Big country. Lots to do and see here. Europe is actually a lot of small
> >countries. So a 2 hour drive gets you international travel, while a 2 hour
> >drive in California, does not get you out of the state. Statistics are
> >marvelous aren't they?
>
> Have you driven two hours south of San Diego? Or two hours
> north of Buffalo?
>

Two hours north of Toronto you will see lots of cars with US licence plates.
There are probably more US plates there than from other Canadian provinces. The
US/Mexican border crossings in California are the busiest international border
in the world.