When I call Hong Kong a Zeroth World city, this is what I mean. I just checked my luggage at the downtown train station, got my plane boarding pass, and it all took about 70 seconds. Now I'm on high speed rail to airport, no bags in tow
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It might be easier to get things like this if Americans traveled more, especially as kids. But the country is insular and growing more so. So we miss out on cool things we could all enjoy, while talking about how great we are
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Jingoism doesn't just hurts foreigners, it hurts Americans. If we were willing to let go of the idea that we're exceptionally blessed, we could adopt lots of great ideas from abroad in many areas of life
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Hong Kong was paralyzed by a massive downtown match yesterday, and today is completely functional. LaGuardia takes days to recover from a rainstorm
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I have been dreaming that the light rail in Seattle will eventually offer hourly express/thru trains from the various endpoints to/from the airport but that would still be an hour, I expect. What you speak is wizardry.
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I did this in Switzerland in 25 years ago. Checked a bag in Lugano train station, boarded flight in Zurich 5 hours later, suitcase magically arrived in NY. Seoul has something similar if you fly Korean Air, including going through security in the city.
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“Buy a slice”? On the MTA, slices are FREE and delivered IN STYLE.pic.twitter.com/TiOJnOeWce
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The airlines used to have beautiful terminals in Manhattan where you could check your bags and be bused to the airport until they tore them down in the 70s.https://www.drivingfordeco.com/new-york-city-art-deco-airlines-terminal/ …
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Yup, NYC is so dysfunctional in that respect. Took the J train once. What a ride. Quite a few cities in Europe have really fast downtown train connections: LHR, FRA, VIE, CPH, ZRH. But HKG is in a league of its own
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It took a while to adjust to japan having kuroneko everywhere. I could just lug my bags from baggage claim to the kuroneko counter and they would be magicked away to my hostel while I boarded a commuter train comfortably.
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