Uh, EXCUSE ME, but FUCK YOU. You are talking straight out your ass.
Pardon the French, but seriously, "foreign countries are demonized by the government and media"???? 8( 8)
And my grandmother has traveled the world, the *entire* world, and she has never been met with anything but hospitality. Why is it you think everyone is so full of hate?
Most Americans don't travel because it's WAY more expensive for us than for a lot of people. If you're in Europe, you can take a train to a completely different country. Or you can easily make connecting flights to anywhere in Europe, Asia, or Africa. When you're in America, you have to make at least one 8-hour non-stop flight to get to most major foreign cities, and that gets expensive.
I travel all the time, but taking a trip to the East or West coast alone is a big trip. Getting to Mexico is a haul. I can't exactly afford the price (or the vacation time) to go anywhere else. That's another thing too - Americans get FAR less vacation time than just about anywhere else in the world. I have a whopping 5 days per year. I can't leave the country for vacation because there simply wouldn't be enough time. My whole extended family is going on a cruise this year, but I can't come along because I can't get off of work.