Over the past three years I've run into an increasing number of Europeans/Asians/South Americans etc. who are outright scared to travel into the "interior" of the U.S., Texas included. They stay in NYC, LA, SF, Chicago and Miami. At the same time, I've seen a growing phenom of really bright American born kids who think nothing of bouncing from jobs in Paris to Madrid to Berlin and Tokyo/Osaka.
And this means... WHAT?
I take it to mean a bunch of things. Thirty-five years ago if you were a top flight scientist, engineer, banker or in the entertainment industry -- there was no place else but the U.S. Even if you workd for a foreign company, you still worked in the U.S.
Today, you could be working anywhere -- usually a couple dozen key cities. This is a new thing and is creating a new class of people. Once we get into the second or third generation of this class, I can't help but wonder where their loyalties will reside.
In the WORLD, of course! One-worlders!
(If they were taught in the good ol' USofA that is... ;^)