China has built the world’s largest bullet-train network

Re:China has built the world’s largest bullet-train network by xbeta on Monday January 16, 2017 @05:00PM (#13413411)

I do agree completely with your statement on rural area with population. It's a fact that nobody can argue with.

But to think about it more, why do people have to live in such lifestyle with so much open "wasted" spaces?

Why everyone "has a car already"? All we talk about is the American lifestyle which most American still refuse to adapt or look different.

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Re:China has built the world’s largest bullet-train network by Karrot_Kream on Monday January 16, 2017 @05:24PM (#13413570)

I don't know as much about China, but having been to Japan several times, I can say that the rail networks of Japan only extend to the urban cores of a city. If you want to live in a suburban or rural area, you have to get by with a car or take the local bus everywhere, which is slow. US urban rail infrastructure is already present, it just does not have the same frequency that Japanese rail has.

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