Holy shit the arguments against high speed trains in that thread are so fucking nonsensical.
"Few people take long distance trains!" So? They still exist, meaning they're not impossible. Also not all high speed rail needs to run across the whole country, you can build shorter lines you know, like in Europe?
China is as large as the US and has high speed rail. "But in China the tracks are concentrated between places with high population density, western China has almost no tracks!" Then do the same in the US?
"But we have mountain ranges!". That wasn't a problem in the 19th century. "Back then trains were the only choice, now they're not!" Europe has mountains too and it built high speed rail. "But in Europe tracks are built outside of mountains, they only cross through the mountains at certain points where it's absolutely necessary!" Then do the same! What the fuck? Why can't they think 5 seconds before they post?
Holy shit the arguments against high speed trains in that thread are so fucking nonsensical.
Because they're expensive and slow in the US lol that's what building a bunch of high speed rail is supposed to fix.
This is why trains don't exist in Switzerland, Italy, or Germany.
Oh... no, wait.