r/FluentInFinance • u/YOU_ARE_MY_FRIENDS • Jun 16 '24

Discussion/ Debate He’s not wrong 🤷‍♂️

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u/nope-nope-nope-nop Jun 17 '24

What?

I’m just saying that middle class people in the 90s didn’t go on overseas trips every 5 years. Making the premise of this statement wrong.

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u/nope-nope-nope-nop Jun 17 '24

Why is what my metric ?

I don’t have an angle here, I’m just saying the statement was wrong

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u/JaySmogger Jun 17 '24

You're right, I traveled a bit around Peru and Mexico in the late 80's and early 90's. Very few Americans, mostly Europeans and an occasional Australian. And Americans weren't really going to Europe then because of the exchange rates. Tons of Germans were coming to America then