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In 1965, boarding a plane meant dressing up, enjoying real silverware, and having enough legroom to actually stretch out. Today's cramped, fee-heavy flying experience would have been unthinkable to passengers who once treated air travel like a night at the opera.
Driving from one coast to the other used to be an expedition that required months of planning, a tolerance for mud, and a fair amount of luck. Today, most Americans can do it in four days without breaking a sweat. Here's how dramatically the open road has changed.
Driving from New York to Los Angeles used to be a full-blown expedition — weeks of planning, unpaved roads, and a genuine chance you wouldn't make it. Today, you can pull it off over a long weekend. What changed, and did we lose anything in the process?