return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 4 months agoAmericans can no longer afford a summer vacationwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up1385arrow-down128
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minus-squareUllallulloo@civilloquy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up66arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoTL;DR: Only 56% of Americans plan on taking a summer vacation this year. For comparison: In 2018, 60% of Americans planned on taking a summer vacation. In 2016, 55% of Americans planned on taking a summer vacation. In 2015, 55% of Americans took a summer vacation. In 2014, 42% of Americans took a summer vacation.
minus-squareHannes@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up51arrow-down2·4 months agoSo it’s higher than almost any time after normalising from a record height but somehow they needed to create a negative headline?
minus-squaresunzu@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·4 months agoHalf baked survey that likely has no statistical significance…
minus-square...m...@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 months ago In 2002, 55% of Americans planned a summer vacation In 1999, 53% of Americans planned a summer vacation In 1992, 59% of Americans planned a summer vacation In 1955, 44% of Americans planned a summer vacation In 1954, 37% of Americans planned a summer vacation
minus-squareThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down10·4 months agoFine, whatever. You do still recognize that America Bad, don’t you?
TL;DR: Only 56% of Americans plan on taking a summer vacation this year.
For comparison:
So it’s higher than almost any time after normalising from a record height but somehow they needed to create a negative headline?
Yup, pretty much.
Half baked survey that likely has no statistical significance…
Fine, whatever. You do still recognize that America Bad, don’t you?