I live about 1,300 miles from my family, but I already seldom fly.
I've only flown on 1 trip in the last 3 years, and there likely won't be any more. I already have one child, and that makes plane travel much more expensive.
Plus I don't have to limit my homecoming vacations to 1 week -- my wife doesn't work, and I can work on my vacations (I'm a computer programmer) so I can take a 2 week vacation, as long as I work during it, and bring my PC. All that is hard with air travel.
Nevermind all the ridiculous security at the airports now :sad: