"John T" wrote in message
ws.com...

However, the "myth" of
the big sky is shattered everytime I go up VFR. For all the VFR flight
I've
done, the only time I have ever gotten close to another craft
unintentionally was near an airport. See and avoid? Perhaps, but I don't
recall ever maneuvering to avoid another aircraft during VFR cruise.

Fly up here in the NY Metro area for a few years and see how you feel then.
Around here you are *always* close to another airport.