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Comment by mytailorisrich | Hacker News Reader

Are the US becoming expensive or are Europeans becoming poor compared to Americans?

All data from income to GDP show that Europe is falling behind so perhaps this is when numbers become real...

Probably, but still those who can afford it, reconsider if the experience is worth the money - like with life expectancy where poorest Europeans are on the level of richest Americans. Sometimes you can get more with less money.

The USD just fell sharply relative to the euro; if anything you'd expect a small _spike_ in travel, not the massive sharp decrease shown on the graph.

Maybe the US just has just lost its fascination.

I mean, we are bombarded with America's stupidity amost every day, why spend our vacation there? The whole travel experience just sucks anyway and at the border you are treated like the next Osama Bin Laden.

Compare this to travelling inside the EU, where we enjoy complete freedom of travel, good food, nice cities, safety and general rationality.

It's just way more pleasant over here.

On the other hand, you are writing in American English and everything in Europe is in the final stages of being fully Americanised.

> nice cities, safety and general rationality.

Which leads to the "Paris Syndrome" when reality hits tourists...

Well, of course I'm not denying any of that. The US influence has brought a lot positives to Europe after ww2. But right now, things are changing. I've spent a lot of time in the States in the past, but now I'm trying to stay away as much as possible....

Tourism in Switzerland is growing and not getting cheaper either.

Perhaps but that's not relevant to the comment I was replying to and to the point of my reply. Neither were about the potential impact of Trump's presidency.

That seems like an Occam's Razor violation given all Trump's admin efforts to penalize non-white people.

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