• YerboutiEnglish
    233·
    6 days ago

    Let’s just pretend the environmental impact is a negligible factor to save like 35 minutes on a 5-6 hour trip. Toronto - NYC, one way or another (have this guy ever been to an airport?).

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      6 days ago

      Biggest city in the US to biggest city in Canada, at a distance where high speed rail could be the best choice of it existed …

      • I see “3” daily departures from NYC for Toronto by train, sort of. Travel time is 12h, 29h, 34h,
      • For flying, I see 24 direct flights on the first page of my search, all under 2h, all cheaper than train
      • Or an 8h drive

      Even as someone who really wants to take the train, that’s not under consideration

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      I’m someone who prefers to drive because I don’t like people much and flying is now a miserable experience, but yes, when you tally up all the time it takes to go to the airport, park, go through security, and then fly (especially if there’s a layover tacked on), you really don’t save much time in the end.

      If I were a European and train service was more feasible, I’d go that route. It’s really only a convenient option on the East Coast here.

      To me, flying is just not worth it.

      • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
        11·
        6 days ago

        Not to mention that frequent flying is also too much radiation exposure.

        • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
          21·
          6 days ago

          The externalities are so terrifyingly large, “radiation exposure” seems like a sociopathic thing to worry about.

          • acargitz@lemmy.caEnglish
            2·
            6 days ago

            For sociopaths who already don’t care about the externalities (billionaires and the like), their own asses getting irradiated might be a convincing argument.