How the heck did Atlanta become the busiest airport in the world? Just never thought of the place become a major transportation hub.
How the heck did Atlanta become the busiest airport in the world? Just never thought of the place become a major transportation hub.
crazy person wrote:
How the heck did Atlanta become the busiest airport in the world? Just never thought of the place become a major transportation hub.
The airlines hub and spoke model. After deregulation the major airlines attempted to eliminate competition by concentrating operations and funneling routing/passengers through a central location.
Atlanta has long been a Delta hub and its location is well-suited to control a lot of the air traffic throughout the southeast.
It you consider the 5 busiest airports in the U.S. - ATL, ORD, LAX, DFW, and DEN, all except for LAX are in centrally located cities (relative to the flight network) with large hubs for the major carriers.
By the way, this hub and spoke model also ensures that there are not a lot of unique visitors at any given time. Everyone that flies in the U.S. just keeps getting routed through the same busy airports.
Sorry my first thought was K Kardashian
even better question.. where has no human stepped on this earth?
19runner wrote:
even better question.. where has no human stepped on this earth?
Antarctica probably has the most number of places. Australia probably comes in #2. Gobi is probably pretty high up there.
I wonder if all of the Himalayan foothills have been climbed?
19runner wrote:
even better question.. where has no human stepped on this earth?
most of the planet.
A couple thoughts -
Delhi, India. One of the biggest cities today and has been inhabited for about 4 millenia (MUCH longer according to some sources, though only ~2600 according to others on the other side of the spectrum).
Karachi, Shanghai and Mumbai are also good guesses... Paris, NYC, Tokyo, Rome and Constantinople are probably other solid guesses.
The single spot where most people have put one foot would be this guy's ass!
The single spot where one human has put their own foot the most times would be this same guy's mouth.
My actual vote would be the main entrance to Grand Central Station. A single spot would see millions of tourists and residents of NYC daily.
Goin 4 Broke wrote:
My actual vote would be the main entrance to Grand Central Station. A single spot would see millions of tourists and residents of NYC daily.
LOL, how can you say this with a straight face? GCS is only 140 years old.
Think about Mecca and St. Peters, where millions of pilgrims, tourists and residents have been stepping foot since the 5th century.
Goin 4 Broke wrote:
My actual vote would be the main entrance to Grand Central Station.
Americanism in a nutshell. Total ignorance to the world around them. Is it embarrassing for you? I am seriously asking.
longevity wrote:
The airlines hub and spoke model. After deregulation the major airlines attempted to eliminate competition by concentrating operations and funneling routing/passengers through a central location.
Another thing to consider is that larger cities usually have multiple large airports. You might be surprised that Atlanta handles more traffic than, say, JFK just because NYC is so much larger than Atlanta. But NYC has three huge airports. The third largest airport serving the NYC area is bigger than Dulles. Similarly, LA has a few airports other than LAX. So Atlanta isn't a huge city, but all air traffic is constricted to one major airport.
From abroad wrote:
Americanism in a nutshell. Total ignorance to the world around them. Is it embarrassing for you? I am seriously asking.
Pompous foreigner! Does it suck for you to know that I am not from America. It was my opinion! Thanks for being such an assuming bag of goat fodder. I "seriously" told you!
IF you have a different opinion, post it. Otherwise go back to your uptight little world that safely surrounds you.
And it will be your opinion until someone actually proves the right answer. I don't see that happening certainly not from someone as narrow minded as you.
From abroad wrote:
Americanism in a nutshell. Total ignorance to the world around them. Is it embarrassing for you? I am seriously asking.
Americans are much more aware of the outside world than people in most other countries.
Middle East, somewhere
not really wrote:
Americans are much more aware of the outside world than people in most other countries.
Obviously not Goin 4 Broke.
Goin 4 Broke wrote:
Pompous foreigner! Does it suck for you to know that I am not from America. It was my opinion! Thanks for being such an assuming bag of goat fodder. I "seriously" told you!
IF you have a different opinion, post it. Otherwise go back to your uptight little world that safely surrounds you.
And it will be your opinion until someone actually proves the right answer. I don't see that happening certainly not from someone as narrow minded as you.
Okay, so why did you get so mad if you are not from America?
Also, you are dead wrong and you were called out. Your "opinion" is laughable, which says quite a bit about your level of intelligence.
My vote would be the Carmike Grande Movie Theater on Chesnut Street because its real busy every Friday and Saturday. You'd never believe how many people go there, man.
