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Re:At Japan’s first winery, the country’s oldest grape lives on by gottorf on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @11:31AM (#36682419)
> shipping by boat has been more cost effective since the beginning of history

I've read that before the Transcontinental Railroad, it was cheaper and faster to get to San Francisco from a port in China than from St. Louis.

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Re:At Japan’s first winery, the country’s oldest grape lives on by badpun on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @04:23PM (#36686737)
Similarly, people who wanted to join the 1849 San Francisco gold rush, but were on the East Coast, took boats which sailed all the way around South America to reach SF the fastest.
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