California High-Speed Rail

[Brendan]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

What makes you say that? I'm flying up later in the month, and I don't see it being a 4-hour process, much less one of misery. What happened to you that was so miserable?

Parking, early arrival, security groping, delayed flights, turbulence, baggage claim... flying SouthWest cattle class doesn't help matters, either, but that's my own doing. For an airport, LAX is actually one of the better run ones I've been through, but air travel in the US is hardly a nice experience. Compare with a coach seat on an amtrak train- it's big, comfortable, you can move around, no invasive security measures and the baggage restrictions that comes with. It's really just a much nicer experience.