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WANTED: New hometown

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Jones, Mar 8, 2008.

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  1. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    Not to turn this into another airport thread :D ...

    I spent eight consecutive hours at LAX where, trust me, I saw the same type of scenes. Ditto for Houston (IAH, not Hobby). Ditto for Newark. Ditto for Vegas. There are very few good airports out there, especially the size of Atlanta's.

    Dallas is an exception. Phoenix is an exception. But I can't think of many others.
     
    buckweaver, Mar 12, 2008
    #265
  2. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    And like last time you had this rant, I claimed that you must only be in Atlanta when disaster strikes. And you've complained that you lost luggage there, adding to your bias.

    I was there last Thursday on what appeared to be a pretty crowded day, the 2 p.m. line through security was damn long. But once everyone filtered out and combined with the bigger crowds that are already on the concourses making connections, it just wasn't that bad. But hey, it's a busy joint with a lot of planes. It's gonna be a little busy.

    Do they have enough seats? Not really when multiple 200-seat jumbos gate next to each other and too many people take one seat for themselves and another seat for their luggage. But that's not the airport's fault per se. I still say it works pretty well for what it is -- a really big fucking airport.
     
    playthrough, Mar 12, 2008
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  3. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member


    How many fucking disasters can they have? I fly through there roughly four times a month.
     
    imjustagirl, Mar 12, 2008
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  4. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    We'll apparently have to agree to disagree on the merits and oddities of the ATL, but if you're there that often how can it still be horrifying?
     
    playthrough, Mar 12, 2008
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  5. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Dude, I could ride a roller coaster 17,000 times. I wouldn't because I hate them. But I could. And I would STILL scream.

    The terrors are the same, but different, every time. It's just a nightmare of an airport.
     
    imjustagirl, Mar 12, 2008
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  6. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    I bet if they had free wifi they could change a lot of perceptions. Probably not yours, but a lot of folks'.
     
    playthrough, Mar 12, 2008
    #270
  7. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Hell, that would change mine. Because I could find a spot on the hallway floor and plug in my headphones and not have to wander to find something to occupy me.
     
    imjustagirl, Mar 12, 2008
    #271
  8. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    OK, solved :)
     
    playthrough, Mar 12, 2008
    #272
  9. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    Big Sur packs a hell of a punch, too.... granted.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Mar 13, 2008
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  10. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Atlanta lacks one of Jones' prerequisites:

    Water
     
    Ace, Mar 13, 2008
    #274
  11. Brooklyn Bridge

    Brooklyn Bridge Well-Known Member

    A bit off the beaten path, but did you know Atlanta has the highest elevation of any major U.S. City not named Denver? Its actually built on the foothills of the Appalachian Mtn range.
     
    Brooklyn Bridge, Mar 13, 2008
    #275
  12. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    I'd take the gentle and gentile foothills of the Great Appalachians over fucking California, eight days a week.

    Spent part of my gilded youth in Valencia, before it became the quarterly site of a gang conference.
     
    Herbert Anchovy, Mar 13, 2008
    #276
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