Why US Airports Are So Bad (2019)

[NurseJackie]

U.S. airports, for the most part, are publicly owned and operated by either a city, a county, a state or in some cases, a public authority. But, in the face of decaying infrastructure, a handful of U.S. airports have started to abandon the public model and turned to private money to fund billion dollar projects. In 2016, New York State and the Port Authority partnered with Delta Airlines and LaGuardia Gateway Partners to completely rebuild the airport. LaGuardia airport is now getting an $8 billion overhaul.

[msongs]

1. been thru changi airport. its sorta fabulous if u like hanging out in airports. but its

just a place place to get on and off of airplanes lol

[NurseJackie]

2. When the Mister and I were traveling more, we did our level best to...

... avoid layovers and long times between connecting flights. So I agree with you about not wanting to hang-out in airports. When we were caught with a long delay between flights, it was totally worth it to buy a day-pass to the Admiral's club.

I remember the "culture shock" of coming BACK to our utilitarian and run-down airports after traveling abroad. I remember feeling embarrassed at how little our country cares about clean, modern, safe, reliable and fast public transportation. After a couple of weeks of the London Tube and the Paris Metro and the U-Bahn/S-Bahn/ICE trains in Germany, Switzerland, Austria... you kinda get accustomed to it, and anything else is a let-down when coming home to Newark or AmTrack (clackety-clack).

[jimfields33]

3. I agree. I've been to quite a few overseas.

There are still some good ones in the United States. Orlando, Pittsburgh and Indianapolis off the top of my head.

[msongs]

4. yep in the USA its lowest possible quality for highest possible profit. thus airplanes are cattle

cars with wings

[NurseJackie]

5. Moo!

[marmar]

6. As US airports go, my home airport - Detroit Metro - is a pretty good one.

I really like Amsterdam Schiphol and Copenhagen Kastrup too.

[markpkessinger]

7. Then again, we could just decide to properly fund transportation infrastructure n/t