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The US is a wealthy country. The GDP per capita here is between 50% and 80% higher than similar European countries,
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you know, France or Germany or the UK. Their GDP per capita is 2/3 what ours is, or even less in some cases. And then
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there are the less wealthy countries, Brazil and Argentina, etc. And so for those travelers who've come here, the US
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is a very expensive place. They're going to find it expensive because it is expensive compared to what they're used
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to because of the wealth that's been generated in the US. But in addition, the public transit systems are not the
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same. So for particularly Europeans who come here or the Asians who come here, they're used to transit systems that
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function at a very high level, carry large volumes of people, and are very efficient. The US, some cities like New
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York have pretty good transit systems, excellent transit systems. Other cities less excellent, less coverage, and and
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less efficient. And so international travelers are going to find that to be a bit of a a surprise. And uh the expense
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and the convenience of getting around will probably be a bit of a barrier for them. It'll be a bit of a shock.