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I practically live at O'Hare this time of year. When we were looking at houses last year, proximity to the airport was actually high on our list. That said, I love Terminal 1 (United), but really don't have much good to say about the rest of it. I love the fact that old brontosaurus statue from the Field Museum (Sue the T. Rex took its place) is right there in the middle of it.
I'll confine the airports that I hate to ones that other people might have been through (ask me about my Charleston, WV adventures!).
Cincinnati - if you ever have the misfortune to fly Delta in Cincinnati, make sure that you're going to a large enough city that you don't have to take ComAir, their small destination carrier. You have to take a bus to what amounts to a glorified bus terminal.
San Fransisco - can we make getting a rental car any more inconvenient?
San Jose - for an airport that hosts some of the brightest minds in the world, this has got to be one of the most poorly designed airports I've ever seen. Getting and returning a rental car is nearly impossible without 45 minutes to burn, the traffic bottleneck starts 1/2 mile from the terminal, and the security checkpoints are slow to the point that they might as well be doing a full cavity search on every traveler.
LaGuardia - why does it always smell like urine, even in the winter?
Boston - a study in how to make a passenger unfriendly airport. Hope you aren't hungry or need anything to read once you're through security...
St. Louis - they recently changed this, but I went to the Starbucks stand about a year or more ago. I ended up walking down an abandoned concourse where most of the lights were off, the pay phones had been ripped out, and all the moving sidewalks were off. It was creepy, but it was a lot better the last time I was there.
Detroit - only take Northwest in and out of here. Otherwise you're in the DMZ.
Minneapolis has a nice airport, especially if you're stuck since you can ususally find a good place to eat or kill time. Atlanta's not bad, especially if you're willing to go to Terminal B to get your Chick-Fil-A fix. Charlotte's airport is nice too.
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