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>>amathe+(OP)
> The fact that it takes six hours to get from Baltimore to Boston, when a faster train can cover the longer distance between Paris and Marseille in four, does not move us to protest the obvious failure of ambition.

By this logic, since planes can cover longer distances in shorter times than trains, should we quit trains in favor of planes?

>>joseph+C9
When you factor in a couple hours of wading through security checkpoints (at least in the US), it flips the timescale again for the short/medium trips.

>>dfinni+2b
Where do you live that takes multiple hours to get through security?? Also, https://www.tsa.gov/precheck

>>some_r+Qc
The airport in Seattle has had many 75 minute security lines lately. I think it has to do with a TSA labor shortage than anything.