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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Those who say the US is the greatest country ever have never left the country, IMO.

This past holiday season showed one of the biggest flaws in the US: reliance on and build-up of one method of travel (air) over all others to the point where that method is a monopoly and has no incentive to offer adequate service.

[b]Imagine if we expanded our rail infrastructure to where we could go from DC to Chicago in 6 hours instead of 18? [/b]

Air travel wouldn't be so over-crowded if other methods existed. If you want to go from DC to CA to visit grandma for Christmas in a reasonable amount of time, you are 100% reliant on the airlines to get you there.   [/quote]

OMG, have you been on Amtrak recently?  It’s cheaper, safer, and less skeevy to fly.  The train was filthy, they had garbage options in the cafe car, and we were delayed 90 mins in Alexandria.  Americans hate other Americans and our love affair with cars isn’t going anywhere.  Our country is simply too vast and disparate in too many ways for your pipe dream to ever work.  Look at Metro, lol[/quote]

I am afraid to fly because it isn't safe.

When planes crash, which we see on the news all the time,  virtually no one survives.  Can't say the same about trains or cars. [/quote]

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