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Old 09-17-2019, 03:37 PM   #70
JonInMiddleGA
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Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Originally Posted by RendeR View Post
Just my 2 cents here, but this country has the largest highway system pretty much anywhere, and anyone driving on it has to have seen all that dead space along the sides and in some areas even right down the center.

Why, oh WHY do we not have a high end rail system that quite literally runs adjacent to all these gigantic highways?

They connect every major city, it seems like a no brainer.

National rail system. Part of the National Highway system.

LEts get train-ing.

It isn't a thing here because it isn't particularly desirable. Among other things, we have more faith in our ability to get ourselves places by land than we do in other people to do the same.

And the cost - again, due to the scale.

And, honestly, who in their right g.d. mind wants to be stuck on a fucking train with people?
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