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		nine_k on July 1, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: As the U.S. fantasizes, the world builds high spee... The principal advantage of a train before airplane for me is that boarding a plane is a hour or so, while boarding a train is 5–10 minutes. Also, you can have a train much closer to the city (or right in the middle of it) than an airport. If hyperloop loses these advantages, I'd bet on airplanes.

trophycase on July 2, 2017 [–]

Don't forget that on a plane you're literally packed like sardines and can only get up and move maybe once or twice. Flying is pretty miserable tbh.

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