It would be a pity if frustrated by the price of travel we elected to become a society that never made contact that never gave SETI a fair chance.
If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures...
There's no need to travel further. The Los Angeles area is big enough for us.
It all starts with the script: it's not worth taking myself away from my family if I don't have something I'm really passionate about.