How far can you go by train in 5h?

Re:How far can you go by train in 5h? by PaulHoule on Friday July 29, 2022 @11:12AM (#32277970)

It’s almost forgotten how much resentment Americans had to the private railroads. They would buy land along the tracks, refuse to make a stop in your town, and start a new town. There was a phrase, ‘railroaded’ to describe being a victim of this power imbalance.

As such, people saw the roads as belonging to everyone but railroads being to the benefit of a few.

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Re:How far can you go by train in 5h? by vidanay on Friday July 29, 2022 @11:26AM (#32278169)

A significant portion of the land wasn't bought, it was acquired through eminent domain.

And an even more significant portion of the land was simply stolen from natives (both by settlers and by the railroads.)

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Re:How far can you go by train in 5h? by throwaway0a5e on Friday July 29, 2022 @12:39PM (#32279114)

I see both those cases as "stolen but with a kangaroo court veneer of due process"

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Re:How far can you go by train in 5h? by panick21_ on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @02:36AM (#32315774)

Yeah partly because the roads were literally paid for by the state, specially the highways, and truck and bus companies don't have to pay for maintenance.

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