• jqubed@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I wonder if it was more effective in his era, late 19th century? Leisure travel wasn’t as much of a thing then, especially to other countries/continents, and the tourism industry didn’t exist nearly as much

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      3 days ago

      Definitely, when the traveling time alone is anywhere from a week to a month or more, with lots of required stops, then it makes sense to spend a long time in a place.

      Looks like it took Bertrand Russell 6 weeks to get from England to Shanghai in 1920.