I think 300 miles is around the inflection point where, if the transportation systems are mature and trafficked enough, it’s hard to nail down an ideal form of

I think 300 miles is around the inflection point where, if the transportation systems are mature and trafficked enough, it’s hard to nail down an ideal form of travel. It’s far too long for a taxi, too short for the plane to be obvious, too short for a drive to be overly boring, and too short for a train to be mind-numbing. Any longer (500+), I think the plane gets the obvious advantage. Any shorter and you wouldn’t consider a plane. I guess my point is that, at this point in my life, I’d only want to fly to avoid a reliably 6+hour drive (NYC to Augusta ME, for an example). Even then it’s a toss up, depending on how much stuff I’m bringing with me.