• Godric@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    c/fuckcars stans when someone doesn’t have 30,000 people within a square mile of their home:

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      5 days ago

      A big share of the US population lives along feasible HSR corridors. The reason that this HSR doesn’t exist isn’t because there is no potential for it, but because the country is underdeveloped and honestly struggles to stay afloat infrastructure wise.

    • gwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 days ago

      You use ELR in lower population areas

      Look at Russia & China, they’re just as spread out, more so, yet they have an excellent rail network that covers the whole country