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Re:Ask HN: Good Hacker Cities by aaronblohowiak on Sunday January 25, 2009 @05:52AM (#449016)
Fun historical factoid: LA used to have a world-class train system! Good luck with its public transport now, though... "I'd have to take 5 busses and it would take 3 hours? To get groceries?"
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Re:Ask HN: Good Hacker Cities by gravitycop on Sunday January 25, 2009 @06:01AM (#449024)
LA used to have a world-class train system

It was just a movie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Electric#The_.22General...

Other factors that may have contributed to the decline of electric traction in the United States include [...] low revenues.

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Re:Ask HN: Good Hacker Cities by steveplace on Sunday January 25, 2009 @09:48AM (#449137)
Don't forget:

The plot of the 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit is loosely modeled on the conspiracy to dismantle the streetcar lines in Los Angeles.

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