re: Holy shite some American cities are so fricked

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A lot of these projects will be more for show. The US need trains through the whole country like the trains in Europe.

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Dumbest thing ever.

Usually parroted by those that have zero understanding of what rail based infrastructure requires.

Other than some cities on the east coast, which are in fact already served by the Northeast Corridor, our population centers are too far apart, while also being sprawling metro areas, to be efficiently served by rail.