[gred]

> I learned that the BS American value of "popularity" doesn't translate into successful futures.

Popularity is not an exclusively American concept. Just as public school broadened your horizons, so will traveling (or living) abroad.

[zdragnar]

Too many CO2 emissions for that to be practical for the billions of people who don't have public transit access to another nation.

[beeflet]

not if you send em by boat