[orev]

> miserable public transport

JFK has the AirTrain which takes you right to LIRR trains or subway connections. The Jamaica subway station needs a serious cleaning, but otherwise public transport there is far better than most other US airports.

[woodruffw]

I am intimately familiar with the AirTrain :-)

"Far better than nonexistent" is not glowing praise! Most other countries I've been to have public transport that takes you from the terminal entrance to city center in under 25 minutes. It's never taken me less than 1.5 hours to go from JFK to anywhere in Manhattan by train or bus.