Yeah yeah, it's one of those guys talking about trains again. But I'm not here to be fanatical. This weekend I'm going to Washington DC by train from Indianapolis, which I've heard from many sources is a beautiful scenic route, especially through West Virginia. The thing is that I live an hour west of Indianapolis and have to get there first.

About two months ago, I went to Chicago by train, but had to go an hour west to Mattoon IL.

Rewind half a century, I could have got straight to Indianapolis, Chicago, Crawfordsville (and farther northeast), St. Louis, Evansville, or Louisville right from the heart of the town I'm in (which is Terre Haute). And there were multiple railroads that went to all those places, so there was competition.. and amazing service. Plus, all the smaller towns were served as well. You could eat and relax, there was no construction or traffic to worry about.

But whenever I try to talk about this, everyone flowcharts and calls me a "train loving hipster fag" or something to that effect. Really, am I the only one that enjoys the idea of getting from city center to city center without worrying about what to do with your car?

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No miles of security lines or invasive pat-downs.

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Post edited at 8:19 pm on July 2, 2012 by TheStig

And Kentucky/Southern Ohio/All of WV/And most of Virginia are fun to drive. Fuck trains

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Terre Haute is a shit hole. Question answered.

And Kentucky/Southern Ohio/All of WV/And most of Virginia are fun to drive. Fuck trains

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Oh I know it's a shit hole, but it's no more of a shit hole than Detroit, which as two daily round trips through southern Michigan to Chicago. Shit-hole-ed-ness is not the point.

Nashville has absolutely nothing besides its perpetually clogged 10-lane interstates, and it's definitely not a shit hole.

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Funny. We're headed to Chi-town Wednesday for a few days and DC in August. How'd you like the cities?

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I absolutely LOVE Chicago. Never been to DC though, or anywhere on the east coast (unless you count the Georgia beach I was at once four years ago, or Cape Canaveral FL). I'm really looking forward to it, and I recently talked to someone that has ridden the same train that I will be on who told me WV has some really amazing scenery.

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DC and surrounding cities are fairly nice. They have their bad spots, but DC is full of history and some cool buildings.

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DC is a cluster fuck just like Chicago. Aside from a few square blocks in Chicago, I cannot stand that fucking place.  

DC and surrounding cities are fairly nice. They have their bad spots, but DC is full of history and some cool buildings.

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I would love it. I hate driving. And flying is okay but too expensive and I always have to figgure out new airports and waste an hour or 2 getting there early to make sure I don't get confused and miss my flight.  
Like the damned Houston airport.
>_>

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Quote: from Kaijuu at 7:58 pm on July 2, 2012

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I would love it. I hate driving. And flying is okay but too expensive and I always have to figgure out new airports and waste an hour or 2 getting there early to make sure I don't get confused and miss my flight.
 Like the damned Houston airport.  
 >_>

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that's why you do your research before. dur.

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Quote: from SLOPALA at 4:33 pm on July 3, 2012

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Quote: from Kaijuu at 7:58 pm on July 2, 2012

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I would love it. I hate driving. And flying is okay but too expensive and I always have to figgure out new airports and waste an hour or 2 getting there early to make sure I don't get confused and miss my flight.    
  Like the damned Houston airport.
  >_>

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that's why you do your research before. dur.

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It really doesn't make a difference. And its still expensive as fuck

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Not really? A couple hundred bucks for a round trip flight? I guess my time is worth more than yours. I'd gladly pay a couple hundo to save driving all of that way for the convenience of flying. You'll learn that time really is money once you're older. Not trying to be condescending, either. Just priorities really come into focus when you have other things to do.