retail
9/11 had an unforeseen consequence that likely annoys anti-Americans and cheers President "Shop For Freedom" Bush: it triggered
an explosion of self-contained shopping malls at airports across the country. One airport consultant says, "All of the sudden, any airport ... can be a retail opportunity. It really has turned into a very different environment than it was 10 or 20 years ago," which is why so many large airports today look like compressed shopping malls instead of travel hubs.
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terrorism
We know we're the last people to notice this, but while booking some airline tickets we saw a line item for a "September 11 Security Fee."
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Consumerist
american airlines
