out of interest, please tell me what nationality you are and whether you have a passport. If you don't have one, please explain why.
For starters, I'm British and I do have a passport
Soda
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It's because when you are in America, why would you want to go anywhere else? America is the greatest country in all of human history.
People have passports so they can come to America, not the other way around.
TheBaskett
because the only countries around the US are Canada and Mexico. If you are driving to those countries you use to not need a passport just an ID. Recently you need a passport for ground transportation, so more Americans are getting passports by the day. Also with the vastness of the US most Americans never leave the country let alone their own State.
fodaddy19
I'm American and I have a passport and I've traveled abroad. But with that said, there are reasons why Americans tend to not have passports; America is a large country and there's alot to do. For example if someone in England wanted to go a tropical beach for vacation, he or she would have to leave the country, in the U.S. you can go the Florida Keys or Hawaii. If that same person in England wanted to go snow skiing, he or she would probably end up going to France since it's the closest country with sizable mountains. The point is that for leisure travel America offers pretty much whatever climate you can think of and hence there's no need to leave the country to get there. So unless you're interested in seeing the sites that can only be seen at specific locations, there's not alot reason for Americans to get a passport.
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I'm British but now live in America. I can see why people don't really have passports over here. The country is so large and diverse that you can easily take vacations domestically. Workers get fewer holiday days and air travel seems far more expensive than in Europe.
kumorifox
I'm Dutch and live in Ireland, and I have a passport. They are almost a necessity in Europe because it is still different countries.
The US is large enough that people don't necessarily need a passport. It is comparable to Europe, size-wise, but without international borders in the entire country, a passport would mainly be a useless thing.