I dont think you're exibiting any signs of being a xenophobe. Actually quite the contrary. The idea of wanting to explore and understand all the places in the States means you are open to things and people different from yourself. I can understand how you feel. I dont think I could explore all of Canada in a year of travelling. (less people, alot more land mass, and Im a nature person, so I think I'm beat).
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"Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?"
-- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death
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