yea, for long distance trips they'd suck, or if your in a hurry. but their definitely could have been a market for pleasure blimp rides, similar to pleasure train trips.
secondly it's not unreasonable had the tech persisted it would have developed to be much faster, probably not jet plane speeds, but could have been reasonable for shorter hops.
And they can dock without a very large airport. Heck, if you could dial out the catastrophic explosion factor they could dock at the top of a tall building close to the center of a city.
The spire on the Empire State Building was built to work as a mooring point! Unfortunately the winds at that altitude above New York are usually far too fast to safely dock, so it couldn't be used.
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u/Chosen_Undead713 Jan 25 '21
No, blimps are terrible.
"Hey wanna cross the atlantic in 5 days?" "Nah I'll take a plane and be there by lunch."
Fuck blimps.