[mulmen]

The ticket price would be more like first class airfare so not limited to billionaires.

I don’t think anyone is suggesting operating Starship anywhere near populated areas so hearing loss also isn’t a concern.

[verzali]

If you don't operate it near populated areas then that negates the faster transport. People don't pay a lot of money to fly to the middle of nowhere, they pay a lot of money to go between populated areas. If Starship has to land 200km from its destination city, then you need to plan for several hours of onward travel.

[mulmen]

It doesn’t negate the faster transport because it’s 18x faster. That leaves time to take a short flight on both sides.

[wasmitnetzen]

Starbase is like 10km/6mi from Port Isabel (5 000 people) and 30km/18mi from Brownsville/Matamoros (700 000 people). That's not that far.