re: Can high speed rail work in the United States?

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Every other year or so, people get this idea that we can be exactly like Europe and use high speed rail to reach other cities rather than driving a car. What does the O-T think of high speed rail being implemented stateside?

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Between the Boston to DC eastern seaboard, maybe. Maybe the population centers along the Great Lakes, but I’m not sure there is enough population nor appetite for travel between those cities not how pedestrian friendly they are. Certainly not the south or through the Rockies. The west coast probably has the appetite but do they have the population to support it?

Maybe in the Texas loop touching on Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and Austin?

But we are not populated like Europe is.