Banning flights is 💩. But. To be fair, I will drive anything that math tells me is about the same as flying+ all the associated TSA and other inconveniences that go with it. I might consider a train if Amtrak didn’t run like a Ferris wheel and stop every 10 minutes.
Or have hours-long layovers in the middle of the night in crime-ridden major metros...
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20 years ago I took Amtrak cross-county -
from Reno, NV to Philadelphia 30th street station.
(California Zephyr to Chicago, Three Rivers train to Philly.)
Only took 3 days.
But the lounge car ran out of turkey club sandwiches - because I ate them all.
Take Amtrak only if you are into extreme boredom - and in no hurry.