Seconded on the meeting interesting people front. I never fail to meet interesting people on long distance Amtrak travel. Friendlier people too. Far more often

Seconded on the meeting interesting people front. I never fail to meet interesting people on long distance Amtrak travel. Friendlier people too. Far more often than on air travel of any sort. I think a lot of it is that air travel is just a packed can going from point A to point B as fast as possible. Amtrak is not for people in any kind of hurry, it's for people looking for some sort of interesting experience.