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Originally Posted by alnorth
Your priorities are a little weird. You fly to save time and hassle, not because the big city airport is cool.
If its worth driving to a big city, then it is not worth flying there. (where "worth" also includes time, hassle, and effort, however you monetarily value that sort of thing for yourself) If its worth driving to a small city, it is not worth flying there. If the drive is not worth it, then the flight might be worth it depending on the time you save.
The cost difference really isn't much, you are renting a room either way. The reason to choose the flight is "oh God, I'm not driving that", not "oh cool, Boston!". If you want to go to Boston and you are only 2 hours away, you'll be driving there, not flying. If you aren't excited about Manhattan even with the game and you only live 2 hours away, you aren't driving or flying there.
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I don't understand why you can't seem to wrap your mind around this simple concept.
Five college football fans want to go to a road game.
"Hey guys. We play teams "A", "B", "C", and "D" on the road. Team A is a four hour drive and is in a really nice town with tons to do. Team B is in kind of a run of the mill college town and is also a four hour drive. Team C is in a great city, but we would have to fly there. Team D is in a run of the mill town, and we would have to fly there."
You're going to choose A every time because it's an ready road trip, and there will be plenty to do besides the game.
Short of that, you either go with B because it's an easy road trip, and road trips are fun, or you go with C because you're willing to spend more money to see a game somewhere cool because the experience is worth the extra expense.
The only terrible option is D. You have to pay for for a plane ticket and deal with the hassle just to go to a mediocre town.
For Florida State, every trip in their division would be option D except Clemson (which has been in their conference for years).