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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 306998" data-attributes="member: 158">Mistwell, 16 hours is not unreasonable for a Con you plan to attend once a year. Quite frankly, there is NO place you could hold the thing that a 8 hour drive or less will take in 50% of the population. Plus, if you go with a friend, which is what the majority of long-distance travelers do for conventions, then the driving duties can be shared. It is admittedly dangerous to drive more than 6 to 8 hours by yourself, without making arrangements to stop somewhere on the way.But I can guarantee that Indianapolis is far more accessible to the east coast and the midwest than Milwaukee is. I could not find a single major airline that offered reasonable fares to Milwaukee - the airport there is not a major one, and even flying into Chicago I had to make a 2-hour drive from Northern Chicago to Milwaukee, and stay at a hotel 10 miles away. In Indy, I can book at flight straight in for a reasonable fee, I can get a ride to a hotel 4 blocks away or less, and not have as many hassles. I expect to have an easier time there than in Milwaukee, for sure - and possibly even easier than Chicago, which scares me silly to maneuver in. Even the Indy Beltway was easier for me to drive on than downtown Chicago.</blockquote>