but (at least when I used to fly semi-regularly) there were plethora of moving sidewalks and/or shuttle trains to take you in between at other 'ports. Philly is (was?) all shoe leather.

yeah there are moving sidewalks between the concourses. if you're that late you can get someone to take you in a golf cart

i think we're still suffering from our reputation because we were like by far the last airport in the world to have them

i think most of the reputation comes from the taxiing, dirtiness, crowdedness and design, stuff like that.

my ex-wife had an art display at PHL for a hot minute.

Not that an airport should be a hangout spot like the mall, but you can't do anything at PHL until after you go through security. Tampa's one has a main hub where you can shop, eat, smoke, hang out, whatever, then when it's time for your flight, you take a train out to the terminal, go through local security, and there's more food and shopping. It doesn't feel as disjointed, congested or confusing as PHL does

BigEd76 wrote:Not that an airport should be a hangout spot like the mall, but you can't do anything at PHL until after you go through security. Tampa's one has a main hub where you can shop, eat, smoke, hang out, whatever, then when it's time for your flight, you take a train out to the terminal, go through local security, and there's more food and shopping. It doesn't feel as disjointed, congested or confusing as PHL does

there is plenty of shopping and food inside the security checkpoint.

Yeah, Tampa is pretty nice, really like Charlotte and Minneapolis as well. I fucking hate the ever loving shit out of Midway though. Rest of them I don't really remember enough about them to have an opinion one way or the other or it's been a long ass time.

The B1G Piece wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:Not that an airport should be a hangout spot like the mall, but you can't do anything at PHL until after you go through security. Tampa's one has a main hub where you can shop, eat, smoke, hang out, whatever, then when it's time for your flight, you take a train out to the terminal, go through local security, and there's more food and shopping. It doesn't feel as disjointed, congested or confusing as PHL does

there is plenty of shopping and food inside the security checkpoint.

yeah but he's saying other airports have it both places, so you're not herded into security with everyone else the second you arrive

The Dude wrote:

The B1G Piece wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:Not that an airport should be a hangout spot like the mall, but you can't do anything at PHL until after you go through security. Tampa's one has a main hub where you can shop, eat, smoke, hang out, whatever, then when it's time for your flight, you take a train out to the terminal, go through local security, and there's more food and shopping. It doesn't feel as disjointed, congested or confusing as PHL does

there is plenty of shopping and food inside the security checkpoint.

yeah but he's saying other airports have it both places, so you're not herded into security with everyone else the second you arrive

I see - Phoenix is the same way as Ed described. I don't connect a lot and like getting through security without having to pee real bad.

yeah, but in PHX they don't throw snowballs at santa like PHL

Vegas airport is the same way. We have the main area that has a Wendy's/Starbucks/Bar plus 3 shops but everything else is in the Gate Specific area. A/B - C - D and the International Terminal E has just a few things.

drsmooth wrote:Where are you, or are you even, on this chart? What's your device-dependency age, that is (it's a UK poll, but my hunch is there aren't vast differences for US populace)

/PtK



me, I'm going "radio?" - unless you count radio over internet - which I'm guessing their respondents count elsewhere; and you could dump TV altogether without much loss. So I'm 16, without the gaming

For me it would be my PC, so I'm not in the largest band for any age group. On the other hand, my age group has the highest percentage of people who would miss their PCs the most.

ONLY BECAUSE 'MAINFRAME' IS NOT AN OPTION AMIRITE

i'm most dependent on all of you

swishnicholson wrote:

ReadingPhilly wrote:i see a lot of people rag on phl. i don't travel much but i've never had a problem or noticed anything different about it.

People have had to put up with construction and USAir in recent years , and certainly both of those will sour people. And 20 years ago it really was the worst. But , I agree, nowadays it's perfectly serviceable. Miami, Newark, Atlanta among ones i'm pretty familiar with are all a good deal worse (though busier). Portland, OR is my favorite airport, but that's probably because it has like eight gates.

It is way better than 20 years ago. But baggage handling proudly remains worst in America.

Bucky wrote:yeah, but in PHX they don't throw snowballs at santa like PHL

PHX has good pizza. Wood-fired Neapolitan

How common is it to change planes in Philly ? It's not really considered a major hub (like ATL, or DFW) but I guess you might change to go to Bethlehem or something. Maybe some of the older airports weren't really designed with the hub and spoke system in mind.

I do think a lot of the airport experience depends on what terminals and gates you're using. At DFW, a couple of terminals are being rebuilt, and the options in those places are pretty weak (plus getting from one to the other is a pain).

Newark really is the worst of any airport I've been to though.

Phl is or at least was a pretty sizable U.S. air hub. A lot of my east coast co workers have to connect through philly when flying out of Boston, DC, Baltimore or Richmond I think.

55 inch led 4k ultra hd TV is only 1100 at bet buy. Hmm