@sydsydrox I think it is because many people in the collective are American, and many of us are, or descended from Europe, or we frequently eat food from those countries or know people with a European bacground. So there is some feeling of familiarity, but something more sophisticated about Europe than America. The history, architecture, beauty, food. While for many Americans Asia seems very foreign. Africa seems very foreign and exotic also to many Americans, and South America probably many Americans picture it as third world not desirable, but all of these I name it is not that all Americans feel this way. Also, places like Canada many Americans think it is no big deal, just like being in the US, because one, it is not across an ocean; and two, most of Canada is English speaking.