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Re:Average home prices in New Zealand reaches 8.8 times aver... by solenoidalslide on Friday May 06, 2022 @08:13AM (#31284234)
The United States is the fourth largest country in the world and has no kind of high speed rail of any kind
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Re:Average home prices in New Zealand reaches 8.8 times aver... by refurb on Friday May 06, 2022 @08:24AM (#31284317)
True, but we have this thing called "high speed planes". Gets you there even faster than rail.

If you want to take a train and you've got time to kill, take Amtrak.

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Re:Average home prices in New Zealand reaches 8.8 times aver... by missedthecue on Friday May 06, 2022 @12:24PM (#31287013)
high speed rail is overrated. Tickets cost as much or more than an airline ticket, but even going at 300km/h, it takes 2 or 3 times the amount of time to travel. Even more if you have to make frequent stops to embark and disembark passengers.
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