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Re:California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B by wwweston on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @07:14PM (#16173398)
Not yet.

But if you built a major infrastructure that could make SF or LA a morning commute, it'd sure do some interesting things to population distributions and land prices.

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Re:California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B by cjalmeida on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @09:19PM (#16174113)
This. Take a look at the Rhine Ruhr region and you'll see a vibrant place with high standards of living where you don't need to sell a kidney to buy a house.
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Re:California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B by rayiner on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @10:28PM (#16174442)
Which explains why after almost two decades of Acela, Wilmington is booming!
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Re:California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B by k_sh on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @09:49PM (#16174257)
This is what the folks behind the HSR are banking on, and also why I voted for it
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