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Re:The hunt for dollars to build the $64B bullet train by ido on Monday December 26, 2016 @08:02AM (#13258086)
California is less densliy populated than a lot of quite pleasant, developed countries. Not just the dense Japan and the UK (which are actually quite nice too) but also France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland and even the bucolic Austria.

There is plenty of room even without population transfers to neighboring states.

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Re:The hunt for dollars to build the $64B bullet train by DrScump on Monday December 26, 2016 @05:03PM (#13260020)
"Room" isn't the limiting factor. Water is much more limiting.
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Re:The hunt for dollars to build the $64B bullet train by ido on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @09:22AM (#13263252)
Israel has 4 times the population density of California. The water shortage is because California is growing fruits and nuts for the whole country, not because of the population living there.
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