Germany to Pass Japan as Third-Largest Economy, Helped by Weak Yen

Re:Germany to Pass Japan as Third-Largest Economy, Helped by... by dj_mc_merlin on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @11:00AM (#38000150)

Yes, people in Germany love complaining about their trains. It makes sense, a decade ago they were way better. For everybody else that's experienced the train systems of other countries, it's still incredibly good.

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Re:Germany to Pass Japan as Third-Largest Economy, Helped by... by PierreProstata on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @12:04PM (#38001116)

I think the issue is that for a long long time we were a car nation wearing the coat of a train nation and while the stereotype (and expectation) solidified itself we privatized the railway system, converted many of the Western cities from public transportation focussed to car focussed (and back) and continued to make the car industry the bedrock of a few states' economies.

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