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Re:Getting High-Speed Rail Wrong by admax88q on Thursday May 13, 2021 @12:49PM (#27144361)
> and to resolve this problem you'd have to eminent domain swathes of, say, New Haven.

This never seems to be much of a problem when highways are concerned however.

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Re:Getting High-Speed Rail Wrong by bluGill on Thursday May 13, 2021 @01:00PM (#27144489)
It is harder than you think. In 1950 it wasn't a problem, but these days people are aware that a freeway too close to their house is a negative. They will support the next neighborhood - close enough to be easy to get to, far enough away that they don't get the noise and traffic.
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Re:Getting High-Speed Rail Wrong by TYPE_FASTER on Thursday May 13, 2021 @01:08PM (#27144570)
Yeah, or a Foxconn factory:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/08/wisconsin-fo...

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Re:Getting High-Speed Rail Wrong by HarryHirsch on Thursday May 13, 2021 @02:02PM (#27145196)
Americans know all about highways but can't imagine functioning railways. So, no surprise there's political will to do one and not the other.
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