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That's why I only really do Dragoncon - it's a huge con, about 80,000 attendees each year, over the course of 5 days. That means LOTS of traffic. And Atlanta is a huge metro area. They're even televising the parade through downtown this year. My sales at the art show are great, steady, and I have a great deal of fun. It's also 24/7 fun, as the hotels don't shut down at 6pm like convention-center cons (SDCC). So, once the art show is closed, I go gaming, partying, socializing, etc. All night screening of Monty Python? Check. Celtic punk rave? Check. Yes, I'm 47 and go to Celtic punk raves All night Settlers of Catan? Check.
The vendor room would probably be even more lucrative for my art, but the art show booth costs me $250, while the vendor room booth would be $1250, and I can't seem to get my foot in the door there (difficult to get in!). The art show is hard, but I've been there in one capacity or another since 2004, so it's my peeps.
80,000 :O
I think I'd die. My gosh. How do you even decide what you want to do at something that big?
True.
The US is deceptively huge*. I never appreciated it until I started ferrying aircraft from one coast to the next. Watching the vistas change from rolling mountains to flat plains to enormous mountains to scorching deserts to picturesque beachfront, and all of it under one flag to boot, is truly jaw-dropping.
Sadly, the rail system woefully pitiful these days. CmF and I took the train from Union Station to Penn Station on our honeymoon, but could have flown there at a fraction of the cost and time. Which is too bad after we traveled by train in Europe. The ride from King's Cross to Edinburgh was so picturesque, it made me wish the US still relied on the rails.
And Alaska is down-right gargantuan. One state the size of the entire middle of the county.
Working out is the best anti-blah medication I've ever found.
Morning, gang.
Whut up?
I'm used to big - Aus is big, there's just a lot of nothing going on between the state capitals. In europe - I think the rail is good because some people like the novelty of a train journey? Also, the whole stop and start thing between countries.
Generally the plane is cheeper.