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Re:Carnival Executives Knew They Had a Virus Problem, but Ke... by mandevil on Monday April 20, 2020 @11:11AM (#22924493)
And yet Europeans roared across the Atlantic in the millions when it took >1 month to sail. Europeans colonized Australia and New Zealand, even further away (~250 days), and only about half the total number of people on board the First Fleet were convicts, the rest went along because it was their job or their choice.
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Re:Carnival Executives Knew They Had a Virus Problem, but Ke... by ineedasername on Monday April 20, 2020 @11:31AM (#22924755)
This doesn't refute the concept that now people may choose to live somewhere in part due to its transportation options.
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Re:Carnival Executives Knew They Had a Virus Problem, but Ke... by JAlexoid on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @08:38PM (#22940847)
I mean.... Sure.

I hate NYC and yet I recognise that it's the best location for fast travel to Europe... I travel back home about 2 times per year, though.

But implying that travel accessibility is the primary reason is absurd. If I had a good job offer from a company in LA - I would still take it. Even though my travel time to my mother would double(11 to 22 hours)

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Re:Carnival Executives Knew They Had a Virus Problem, but Ke... by smacktoward on Monday April 20, 2020 @11:17AM (#22924585)
None of those were casual journeys the way a flight home for Christmas is. For colonists, it was generally the one long-distance trip they would make in their entire lives. In the glory days of the great trans-Atlantic liners, the only people who used them regularly were the very rich.
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Re:Carnival Executives Knew They Had a Virus Problem, but Ke... by JAlexoid on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @08:40PM (#22940860)
Casual journeys are still an expensive thing to do. Do you think a median family in US can afford a short trip to Miami, planned even a month in advance?
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