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On 4/16/14, 3:37 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 13:17:22 -0400, Poquito Loco
wrote:

The distance from Union Station, Washington, DC to Penn Station, NY, is about 226 miles. The Acela
departing NY at 0600 arrives in DC at 0855. That's two hours and fify-five minutes. Driving time for
me would be about 4 hours. It would take Harry about 20 minutes longer to get there from Huntington,
MD (all according to Google Maps). It would take me about an hour to drive to Union Station, find
parking, walk to the train and board, and I'm supposed to be there a half hour before departure
time. That adds another hour and a half to my almost three hours of travel time. So, for a lot less
money, and saving about a half hour, or more, in time, I can drive to New York.

New York is one of the few places that you want to take the train to.
The airports suck and there is nothing to do with your car except pay
through the nose to park it.
Most of the country is not that way tho,.

You are pretty much screwed in LA without a car and all of Florida is
the same way unless you are just going to stay at the hotel the whole
time and never get much more than walking distance away.
Those folks are still served better by the airlines.

I've never had the need or desire for a car when visiting NYC. When we
train to Connecticut, we simply rent a car when we get there.