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Re the 10% figure, it's not accurate but my understanding is that is is based in fact. As per this BBC News story along with other reputable sources, until the mid-2000s only about 20% of Americans were believed to have passports. However, this vastly increased once the law changed requiring passports for US citizens travelling to Canada/Mexico - hence the much higher figure now :)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4417473.stm

3-12-2011 @ 12:59PM

Wil said...

Guy said it best. As for someone that lives across from Canada it is still pretty laughable that they require passports to practically go across the street. And yet I'll be getting one soon only for that reason. I'm guessing it's the same for a lot of people that want to travel to Canada or Mexico, you just feel like you have no other choice but to or you just can't visit at all.

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