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In reply to the discussion: Could you give up flying? Meet the no-plane pioneers [View all]mnhtnbb
(31,388 posts)23. Your response to me was snotty.
Did you read the whole article? It's primarily devoted to Europeans and it does, in fact, suggest that people limit flying. Use trains--which are excellent in most European countries--unlike the US. Take more regional vacations accessible by train. The article is directed towards the middle class.
It's a much more difficult sell in the US because we don't have fast trains. We should, but we don't, thanks to the oil/gas industry and auto lobbies. (We also don't have single payer health care like many European countries do.)
I'm done.
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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