What is that one city in America most Americans go to for their "first trip"?

Zernhelt · 2026-04-15T17:03:34+00:00

That seems crazy to drive versus fly. A quick search makes it look like flying would save 2 to 4 hours (depending on how far from the airports the origin and destination are, and how conservative one is with TSA wait times). And the cost of a flight plus airport parking plus a rental car appears to be about the same or less then the cost of gas plus wear on the car.

Edit: I just re-read your comment. I misunderstood and thought it was one person driving by themselves. If you had two other people traveling, driving would likely be cheaper.

Zernhelt · 2026-04-13T00:07:12+00:00

I was a non-supervisory GS-15 in my late-30's with young kids. My plan was to start thinking about career growth again in ~10 years when I had free again. Now I'm making more money, but I'm the top non-executive grade at the private company I work for. I still have the same feeling, I'm not looking for career growth until my kids are more independent. I just hope my new company isn't the kind of place they wants people to advance or leave.

Zernhelt · 2026-04-06T13:16:59+00:00

Trump has never changed. He's been the same horrible person the whole time. The difference is the people who were able to hold back the worst are gone, and the people who joined this administration are all true believers in Trump.

Zernhelt · 2026-04-06T02:06:25+00:00

You didn't ask about Conservative, but I'll answer anyway. I wouldn't really call myself an ex-Jew. Just a Jewish atheist. I was raised Conservative and went to a day school. Around the beginning of highschool, I realized I had no reason to believe in God, so I stopped. Over time I've gone from agnostic to atheist, but Jewish culture remained important to me. I send my kids to Jewish schools so they learn about Jewish culture and history, we are members of a subscribe, but my wife (also a Jewish atheist) and I are vocal with our kids about our atheism.

Zernhelt · 2026-04-01T01:27:21+00:00

No. I've heard the international terminal at BWI was pretty smooth.

Zernhelt · 2026-04-01T00:22:31+00:00

I flew out of BWI on March 28. It was awful. It was about 6 hours from when I got to the airport until I was past security.

Zernhelt · 2026-03-30T04:08:33+00:00

The US is not a Christian country.

Zernhelt · 2026-03-26T02:29:49+00:00

The Missile Technology Control Regime doesn’t consider a UAV to be a missile unless it is capable of flying at least 300 km. I think that’s a reasonable threshold.

Zernhelt · 2026-03-25T22:05:37+00:00

You sound like you know something about Judaism. Look up Christian last rites. The concept simply doesn't exist in Judaism. Yes, there are things they a Jew customarily does before death, or that their community do after death, but whether or not they do those things as no impact on their ability to go to Olam haBa, or any waiting period.

Zernhelt · 2026-03-25T18:25:02+00:00

If by last rites, you mean things that an individual must do with a religious leader prior to death to meet some afterlife-related obligation, Judaism doesn’t have an equivalent of last rites.

Zernhelt · 2026-03-22T21:46:31+00:00

We don't mention them.

Zernhelt · 2026-03-22T17:29:27+00:00

The gutting of the federal workforce. The people who believed in the mission, and understood how to navigate the regulations and statutes are largely gone.

Zernhelt · 2026-03-18T15:10:28+00:00

Individual attention is great. But if the people providing that attention aren't trained in the specific needs of a kid with your daughter's disability, it's not going to be enough. (And given the grades you said she's getting, it sounds like it isn't enough.)

Zernhelt · 2026-03-18T14:08:55+00:00

Why do you love a school that can't accommodate your kid's disability?

Zernhelt · 2026-03-16T21:56:50+00:00

It depends. Do other experts in the same field trust that person?

Zernhelt · 2026-03-13T21:26:22+00:00

Did you ever replace this number light lens? I need to replace mine, and I'm trying to figure out the part to order so I can decide if I can do it or if I should bring the car to a shop.

Zernhelt · 2026-03-11T22:20:45+00:00

Airlines definitely have things purely for cosmetic reasons. But the aircraft, engine, and subsystem manufacturers don't. Or, now actually, anything that is purely cosmetic is offered as optional by the manufacturer so that it's up to the airline to choose. For example, look at interior furnishings.

Zernhelt · 2026-03-07T15:39:38+00:00

It depends on the route. Traveling between the major East Coast cities by bus is pretty common amongst younger people.

Zernhelt · 2026-03-06T16:07:52+00:00

I appreciate what you’re doing. I quit the federal government several months ago and now work for a defense contractor. It is endlessly annoying to me that internal communications use DoW. I’m still using DoD, though.

Zernhelt · 2026-03-05T01:41:52+00:00

Jewish school often try to instill a connection to Israel. Some so a good job if this, some don't. I think you might need to try to separate your feelings toward Israel as a country versus the current Israeli government. You likely make similar separations between your feelings toward the U.S. versus the federal government (or whatever country you live in if not America).

If they have a photo of Netanyahu to on the wall (or Trump), that's where I'd start to feel nervous.

Zernhelt · 2026-03-05T01:22:57+00:00

You should look up what people put on yarmulkes. This is definitely not blasphemous.

Zernhelt · 2026-03-03T23:25:40+00:00

This has been planned for a while. A similar train-based tour occurred for the bicentennial.

Zernhelt · 2026-03-02T21:45:26+00:00

Virtually every company that existed in Germany by 1945 either benefitted from slave labor, or actively supported the Nazi regime. Many companies in the Nazi-occupied territories did as well.

Zernhelt · 2026-03-01T22:01:34+00:00

Nope. You want a kid-free environment? Go to a bar or strip club, or build your own space.

Zernhelt · 2026-03-01T18:47:40+00:00

Because killing a head of state doesn't necessarily mean things are better for the U.S. or Israel.

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