It completely depends on the airport. My parents home is in Houston, Texas and I flew to college at Hobby Airport. The waiting and gate area was large and big,

It completely depends on the airport. My parents home is in Houston, Texas and I flew to college at Hobby Airport. The waiting and gate area was large and big, it had free wifi and a ton of places where I can eat (breakfast, lunch, or dinner food) or sit down. When I was going back home from college, I had to wait at LaGuardia. LaGuardia's terminal for my airplane company of choice is depressing and always packed to the point where there was nowhere to sit. It also only had two places to buy food and both were breakfast places (Dunkin' Donuts). I eventually timed the train/taxi to the airport such that I spent as little time as possible waiting there. Anyway, that's a rant I've been meaning to make for a while if you'll excuse me. A bad airport is anxiety-inducing.