I'd totally get that for polling people outside of North America. It's just shocking to see it from people who have probably been to NYC or at least another major metro area -- which would instantly falsify a 30% number for NYC.

[+] kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Most of us don’t ever make enough money to travel this country’s hard-to-imagine-how-big-it-actually-is vastness, or even enough to leave our hometowns for longer than a couple days before financial woes start nipping at the mind, if not worse.

This is completely contradicted by the data:

"The average American has visited 16 states besides the one where they currently live, a new YouGov survey finds. Older Americans are likelier to have visited more states than younger Americans. 32% of Americans 65 or older say they've visited at least 30 states [. . .]" link

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 year ago

The working poor don’t participate in yougov that much.