It was a joke. I was being sarcastic that if train service was sufficient for Maastricht, then bus service should suffice as well. (and yes I've been to Ithaca/Cornell but I drove there)
-hadriel > -----Original Message----- > From: John R. Levine [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:41 PM > To: Hadriel Kaplan > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Varying meeting venue -- why? > > > If someone offered to sponsor a meeting there, I bet the IETF would > > consider it. First, it actually has an airport, and second > there is > > alternative public transportation: bus service from Syracuse, > > Rochester, Buffalo, etc. That should fit right in with Maastricht. > > I get the strong impression you've never been to Ithaca. If > you can't get a spot on one of the small planes that flies to > the Ithaca airport you will find that it is so slow and > painful to get here from the airpots in Syracuse, Rochester, > Binghamton, Elmira, or Buffalo that it's easier to fly into > NYC and take the five hour bus trip from there. One time I > rented a car in Ithaca and dropped it off in Rochester two > hours later, paying a drop fee, because that was far easier > and cheaper than any alternative. > > It's a swell place to live, but it'd be miserable for a large > meeting. > It's not Maastricht, even after Maastricht gets rid of the > drug tourism. > > R's, > John > _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
