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points by Der_Einzige 1 day ago | 0 comments

Of course it’s in Newark airport, possibly tied with ohare for “worst airport in America”

It’s so bad that it single handedly kills the entire reputation of New Jersey, and they deserve it.

Newark can't be fixed either. The runways are too close, and the airport is boxed in completely by highways, including US1-9, I-78, and the NJ Turnpike (I-95). They'd have to move half the runways over and probably take some space from the buildings to do it, and in Jersey, the unfathomably high cost of doing that would never get approved, especially since the port authority would have their sticky fingers all over it.

[–] glimshe 17 hours ago

For someone to kill New Jersey's reputation, it needs to be alive to begin with...

[–] cosmotic 1 day ago

Where's LaGuardia on that list? What's wrong with O'Hare?

[–] Der_Einzige 1 day ago

Massively overcrowded. Not enough individual bathrooms (I.e for those with shy bladder), terrible food, terrible lounges.