Coastal metropolitan areas is where immigrants chose/choose to live and have communities. They spend $2020/year to visit family in their home countries instead of buying trucks, ranches and all-inclusive resorts, so I wouldn’t call it a splurge.
I’d say when most immigrants chose/choose to relocate to the US, it isn’t for farming. They immigrate for city jobs and to start businesses in those cities. They go where they’re most welcome.
Yes it’s the church; lots of missionaries go international. Most lds teens get the document ahead of their call. And more will vacation abroad if a parent has an international mission.
Or consider this map as comparison. Acquiring a $200 passport to go on a $2,000 per person international trip is a splurge for the average American.
edit: Utah is above average. Makes me wonder if the Mormon church international missionary program skews them significantly higher.
Coastal metropolitan areas is where immigrants chose/choose to live and have communities. They spend $2020/year to visit family in their home countries instead of buying trucks, ranches and all-inclusive resorts, so I wouldn’t call it a splurge.
I’d say when most immigrants chose/choose to relocate to the US, it isn’t for farming. They immigrate for city jobs and to start businesses in those cities. They go where they’re most welcome.
Yes it’s the church; lots of missionaries go international. Most lds teens get the document ahead of their call. And more will vacation abroad if a parent has an international mission.