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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ... by xg15 on Saturday December 22, 2018 @07:05PM (#18743333)
> We might have bit the bullet and done it with highways back in the day for whatever reason, today the reasoning for doing the same thing may not apply and the cost unjustified.

So the rational, cost-effective solution would have been not to have any connection at all?

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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ... by soheil on Saturday December 22, 2018 @07:39PM (#18743540)
I'm leaning towards a yes but then again I wasn't there at the time.
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Re:As the U.S. fantasizes, the rest of the world builds new ... by xg15 on Sunday December 23, 2018 @07:30PM (#18749413)
(edit) How would people travel between those cities then?
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