I would love to take trains or boats over planes but I’m just not wealthy enough. At least in North America and East Asia, the costs of these modes (sometimes flat out, but always when factoring in the resultant costs of room and board and such from the extended travel time) exceeds any flight. I was looking at getting from the west coast to the Midwest recently and the Amtrak ticket was similar to the flight ticket (or $800 more for an bed) and the travel time was four times as long. Would have needed to budget out five meals minimum, and that’s probably an underestimate given how bad delays are on the Empire builder line when running through oil country. Hell, even the Shinkansen crisscrossing Japan, regularly held up as a model of efficient long distance transit, is more expensive than a flight if you’re not traveling short notice. Better views than from the plane tho