The reason I don't fly anymore is because I can't stand airports. So called hostile architecture and sometimes hostile staff. This article confirms my bias. Nowhere appropriate to rest without noise, terrible lighting and hard surfaces.

My main memory of LAX was being accosted by Hare Krishnas.

I fly often and I think the airport hate is overblown.

Airports are designed to keep large groups of passengers moving as efficiently as possible, and as a result they need to make some tradeoffs. Airports aren't and shouldn't really be designed for sleeping - there's a thing called hotels for that. A lot of airports have capsule hotels paid per hour for exactly this purpose.

The root cause seems to be airlines aren't actually forced to provide enough compensation to cover a hotel. Regulation would be a much easier solution than redesigning airport to accommodate sleeping.

Only complaint I agree with is the "please do not leave your bags unattended" spam on the PA. Whoever came up with that idea deserves a couple years of solitary confinement with said PA in the cell, for increasing the danger due to alert fatigue and people completely tuning out the PA, making the channel completely worthless.

I can't say I've ever understood this sentiment. Flying itself is pretty annoying, especially on budget airlines with tight seats. But airports are just... buildings, nothing particularly special. Going through security is a pain but after that you just sit down and scroll on your phone, I've only encountered one airport that didn't have at least some seating.

"It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression 'as pretty as an airport'" --Douglas Adams

> Nowhere appropriate to rest without noise, terrible lighting and hard surfaces.

Compared to every railway station I've seen, airports are 5-star resorts. Bus terminals are even worse than railway stations.

This is why lounges are in such high demand. You get treated normal within their confines.