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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: cosmicforce who wrote (126043)12/2/2009 11:47:50 AM
From: Mary Cluney  Read Replies (1) of 543591
 
<<<As someone who makes that trip (I used to do it a lot), it is not cost or time effective to fly with a family.>>>

It is not completely a rational decision. There is lot of misconception and emotional involvement.

Driving is appealing because you can have more control. Control freaks are more likely to drive. Air travel is the most expensive and least efficient but taking the train has less prestige value.

Take the trip between midtown New York and downtown Philadelphia. Air travel makes no sense whatsoever. Amtrack is not all that cheap. Driving has a lot of appeal. You have much more control over everything, but two hours of driving in either direction is tiring. The most efficient way to go is taking the bus. There is a bus that leaves almost every hour in either direction. From the downtown bus station, you can virtually walk to any business destination in Philadelphia. But for a business person in business attire the unwanted stigma is almost impossible to overcome.
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