Why is traveling such a big deal for people?

Disclosure: I've traveled and I've lived abroad in two different countries and been dozens of places outside of my 'home'. But I don't get this…

The point is that after you’ve travelled yourself, you will no longer believe anyone who tries to tell you that people on the other side of the border are evil flesh eater.

Maybe you wouldn’t have believed this before either, in which case travelling wasn’t as transformative for you as it has been for others, but that’s the primary reason.