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Airbnb will build a new tech hub in Atlanta

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140 points 7d7n | 1 comments | 18 Feb 21 16:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.216s | source
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jerzyt ◴[18 Feb 21 22:02 UTC] No.26186296[source]▶
I did a project in Atlanta which required my presence on-site, so every week a flight to and back. I've spent enough time working there that I had to pay Georgia state tax. Anyway, I consider Atlanta to have one of the worst airports in US. Pathologically long lines through security, even with the rapid pass.

Maybe it won't be a problem in the Covid era, with zoom calls everywhere, but in the pre-Covid era Atlanta was a PITA for travel.

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prepend ◴[19 Feb 21 05:28 UTC] No.26190087[source]▶
Hartsfield sucks but when compared to other busy airports it’s pretty good. And they have many chick-fil-as.
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wslack ◴[19 Feb 21 07:09 UTC] No.26190516[source]▶
It's also much bigger than most other airports, double the number of gates as SFO.
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1. prepend ◴[19 Feb 21 13:46 UTC] No.26193055[source]▶
Good point, I used to hate it until I experienced other airports.

JFK you have to walk and bus between terminals. DeGaulle you have to bus to planes. LAX you have to walk between terminals.

ATL’s plane train means you’re always 10 minutes away from any terminal. And at least Marta runs into the airport. Atlanta public transport sucks but at least it’s to the airport. It’s weird how many cities don’t have trains going to the airport.

I’m not sure there’s any airport close to busy that works this well. I prefer smaller airports where you can just walk in (OAK, FLL) but they don’t have as many flights to places.