ofey wrote:Familiarity breeds contempt.
I don't know so much about breeding contempt... maybe breeds comfort, routine, regularity… but not contempt. The same can be said of internationals, some don't venture out of their own migrant/refugee/racial communities for various reasons.
Not everyone is necessarily adventurous either, that they would go and explore all these areas, some may very well do the tourist-thing and be satisfied with it. It's a reflection of human nature that some are pioneers, some are settlers, and some are nomads.
There are gems which are carried by each, and it's in the community of them all that the treasures are found.