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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You people saying the US has given up on development and infrastructure need to get out more. You’re spending too much time in the Northeast. Head South and West, my friends. [/quote]

Rail infrastructure is every bit, if not more important as type of infrastructure as roads.[/quote]

Does Australia have an impressive rail infrastructure?  I don’t see how a country as large as ours (similar to Australia) could have high speed passenger rail outside of the northeast.  It’s like complaining one can’t sail a boat between LA and NY.  [/quote]

Sure you could, start by connecting major metropolitan areas. LA to SF (you could even expand that from San Diego up to Seattle). Houston-Dallas-Austin-San Antonio. Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Orlando-Tampa. Extend the Acela past DC through Richmond, Raleigh-Durham, Charlotte, Atlanta. Chicago-St. Louis.

You don’t have to connect the entire country to make huge changes. [/quote]

Only reason people take trains in Europe is because they can’t afford to drive.  Very few people would choose to take a train between Raleigh and Atlanta.  They drive.  Most people aren’t going to a central business district.  A car provides the freedom to get where you want when you want.  Americans value freedom.  [/quote]

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