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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ... by cobookman on Saturday December 22, 2018 @06:17PM (#18743050)
100% spot on. Many don't realize just how large the us is.

Going from SF to ATL is longer distance than Portugal to Belarus.

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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ... by reindeerer on Saturday December 22, 2018 @06:23PM (#18743074)
China is the same size as US. Somehow, they have HSR
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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ... by melling on Saturday December 22, 2018 @07:21PM (#18743433)
They have a lot of HSR.

About 15,000 miles at the moment, with another 10,000 on the way.

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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ... by Gibbon1 on Sunday December 23, 2018 @06:11AM (#18745499)
China spent a lot of money over the last ten years on HSR.

The US spent a lot of money on war.

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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ... by skywhopper on Saturday December 22, 2018 @06:41PM (#18743185)
Why do you pick San Francisco to Atlanta of all pairs of cities? How about Atlanta and Charlotte? Atlanta and Nashville? Dallas and Oklahoma City? Dallas and Houston? Dallas and Memphis? Memphis and Nashville? Nashville and Louisville? Louisville and Cincinnati? Cincinnati and Cleveland? Cleveland and Chicago? Chicago and St Louis? Chicago and Milwaukee? St Louis and Kansas City? Boston and New York? New York and DC? DC and Philadelphia? Philadelphia and Pittsburgh? Pittsburgh and Cleveland? These pairs are all in the sweet spot of where high speed rail makes an incredible amount of sense. And lots of the people driving or flying between them regularly would much rather take a comfortable train.
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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ... by sandworm101 on Saturday December 22, 2018 @06:25PM (#18743091)
Canadians do. I dont know how you get along so well given how crammed together you all are. Pretty much every state can be driven across in under a day.
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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ... by entity345 on Saturday December 22, 2018 @06:20PM (#18743063)
China is the same size as the US.
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