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0 pointsxattt1y ago0 comments

There’s regional differences in airports.

In a post-9/11 world, I took an airplane to university and back, and on a regular basis from [SMALL CITY] airport. I could, as a disorganized young adult, be at the airport within 10-15 before boarding time with luggage to check.

Pre-9/11, my family travelled internationally and it was always a 3+ hour, pack-a-lunch affair to be at [MAJOR CITY] airport.

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jacobgkau1y ago· 3 in thread

> pack-a-lunch affair

You can tell it was pre-9/11 because you didn't need to throw the lunch away before getting to the part where you have to wait the longest.

BobaFloutist1y ago

I've never had airport security confiscate food, only beverages. Unless you're packing soup for lunch, I guess? Or flying somewhere with specific customs prohibitions that for whatever reason does it at the origin instead of the destination, like flights too/from Hawaii maybe?

But I've never had, like, a sandwich taken from me.

xatttOP1y ago

We didn’t actually pack a lunch, but was suggesting that getting through the gate took a really long time.

jacobgkau1y ago

"You're totally allowed to bring food! Just not anything to drink with it, not even water." Ok, that's great for a long wait...

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