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    Re: Best & Worst Airports

    Denver by FARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

    and Vegas as well since you know you are flying back to LA versus Hungover driving

    Atlanta is the worst


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    Quote Originally Posted by RBA View Post
    STL: Coming in was okay, new MetroLink takes you on a tour of the scariest parts of the city. I'm thinking of not taking the MetroLink back out on Friday.
    You're not kidding. I had a connection/delay in STL with the family (flying to DEN...figures), so we decided to take the Metrolink out to see the Arch.

    The Arch was nice...the trip was scary. One Junkyard/shantytown after another.
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    Quote Originally Posted by oneupper View Post
    You're not kidding. I had a connection/delay in STL with the family (flying to DEN...figures), so we decided to take the Metrolink out to see the Arch.

    The Arch was nice...the trip was scary. One Junkyard/shantytown after another.
    The rich folks have enough political clout to keep the train our of their part of town.
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    The Arch was nice...the trip was scary. One Junkyard/shantytown after another.
    Try the train from Philly to NYC someday..... Living in America....

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    Quote Originally Posted by westofyou View Post
    Try the train from Philly to NYC someday..... Living in America....
    Does it take you through Camden, NJ?

    The Bronx Zoo is an interesting locale for a zoo - plus the three block walk from the subway to the zoo was covered in trees of which I cared not to know what the yelling was all about.
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    Re: Best & Worst Airports

    Conde Nast rated PDX #1 in 2006, it's a wonderful airport.

    http://aviationweek.typepad.com/airp...nast_trav.html


    I agree with the Phoenix/ AmericaWorst nightmare. Yikes.
    Flying United into Dulles is tragic as well, the transport vehicle from one terminal to the other is ridiculous.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 15fan View Post
    I thought I remembered you being familiar with this part of town.

    Back before the holidays, they ripped down the Fellini's on McLendon. It's being rebuilt with a projected opening of May. In the meantime, we've been grubbing at Mojo Pizza over in Oakhurst. Not sure we'll go back to Fellini's when it reopens.

    Oh, and all of those nasty abandoned buildings along Dekalb Ave (between say, the East Lake Marta station and Moreland) are being ripped down and replaced with townhomes in the $300k - $400k range. And someone is building a private pool over near the Horizons School, too. Lots o' progress in these parts these days...
    I was back there a few months ago and was amazed by the "in-filling' of new houses. BTW- I lived on Hardendorf for a couple of years and on North Highland for about 6.

    I like Mojo's too...
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    Quote Originally Posted by VR View Post
    Conde Nast rated PDX #1 in 2006, it's a wonderful airport.

    http://aviationweek.typepad.com/airp...nast_trav.html


    I agree with the Phoenix/ AmericaWorst nightmare. Yikes.
    Flying United into Dulles is tragic as well, the transport vehicle from one terminal to the other is ridiculous.

    PDX is a VERY nice airport.
    School's out. What did you expect?

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    Quote Originally Posted by vaticanplum View Post
    Wow, I am really surprised by all the LaGuardia comments. I've always thought it was very convenient -- easily accessible by car or public transport and very close to Manhattan. JFK and Newark are eons away by comparison, and though both have those new train routes, they're expensive to get to.
    Try making the trip between LaGuardia and Manhattan during the morning or afternoon rush hour, which is what most business travelers have to endure.
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    Re: Best & Worst Airports

    Quote Originally Posted by M2 View Post
    Try making the trip between LaGuardia and Manhattan during the morning or afternoon rush hour, which is what most business travelers have to endure.
    Well, that's just the nature of the city, it's not the airport's fault. And it can't possibly be as long a commute as the other two NY airports. I would think it would be next to impossible to put an airport any closer to Manhattan than LaGuardia.
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    Re: Best & Worst Airports

    Quote Originally Posted by M2 View Post
    Try making the trip between LaGuardia and Manhattan during the morning or afternoon rush hour, which is what most business travelers have to endure.
    A friend was scheduled to land at LaGuardia at 5:30pm for a 7:30 event in Manhattan. He got off the plane after 6pm. He didn't make it. Don't think he would have if his flight had been on time either.

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    Re: Best & Worst Airports

    Very topical thread for me as my recent travels have had me visiting six different airports during the last 12 days...

    Best Commercial Aviation
    Cincinnati
    Denver
    Tampa Bay
    West Palm Beach
    Phoenix
    Pittsburgh (after remodel)
    Ft. Lauderdale

    Best General Aviation
    Hilton Head Island (right off the Cross Island Parkway)
    Cleveland (the one on the edge of the lake)
    Newport, RI (off Goat Island)
    Lexington (TAC-AIR Terminal)

    Worst Commercial Aviation
    La Guardia
    JFK
    Newark
    Atlanta
    Reagan (DC)
    Logan (Boston)
    Miami

    Worst General Aviation
    Jacksonville
    Marion County (near Tazewell, VA)
    Allentown, PA

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    Re: Best & Worst Airports

    Quote Originally Posted by M2 View Post
    Try making the trip between LaGuardia and Manhattan during the morning or afternoon rush hour, which is what most business travelers have to endure.
    The NYC traffic patterns are really unpredictable....

    On Monday, I flew into JFK (much further from the city) around 12:15pm and was somehow able to make a midtown meeting (Madison & 42nd) by 1:30pm. I have never been more elated to pay for a $ 50 cab ride.

    However, when I left Lower Manhattan yesterday about 3:30 on my way to La Guardia (much closer to the city) it took me roughly the same amount of time.

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    Re: Best & Worst Airports

    atlanta is ridiculous orlando is nice pittsburgh is ehh not that great

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    Re: Best & Worst Airports

    I'll chime in on best General Aviation:

    1. Parkersburg/Wood County
    2. Wheeling/Ohio County
    3. Burke Lakefront (Cleveland)
    4. Xenia/Greene County
    5. Cambridge Municipal (Ohio)


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