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In reply to the discussion: Could you give up flying? Meet the no-plane pioneers [View all]KentuckyWoman
(6,679 posts)21. I am not your enemy.
You seem to think I am, but that's incorrect. I don't disagree with anything in the post above, but that post has very little to do with the OP. A short hop regionally is not the same as an international intercontinental vacation that takes 4 weeks on a train and a mere 3 days at the destination for a working person who is tied to a specific location to work and is lucky to take one week a year let alone 4.
Asking people to do that for their trip of a lifetime is ridiculous. Asking people to consider regional vacations without air travel is fine and asking people to support bus and train for commutes is great. However, those are a different conversation than the OP.
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I never liked flying - guess who stays awake during a red eye listening to engines.
Vinca
May 2019
#3
I just had two turbulent flights-from-Hell this last week to Colorado and back.
Aristus
May 2019
#24