▲ 1217 ▼ I saw your face in a crowded place (thelemmy.club) submitted 6 months ago by GreenDust@lemmings.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 93 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 15 points 6 months ago (3 children) American cities have limited local rail networks, at least some. Like New York and Boston and err, the other ones... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 child) Chicago is fairly well known for having trains as well. That said, I've never lived somewhere in the U.S. where you wouldn't hear train horns at some point usually freight, but transport does happen as well. Dropped someone off at the train station in Nashville so they could go visit family in Michigan a little while back permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Ahh I see, I guess it doesn't rule out the tweeter being American then permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Yeah, the U.S. has something like 140,000 miles of railroads, 14x that of of a country like the UK, but because the U.S. is so massive, it is just inconvenient for most travelers, so it gets used mostly for freight shipping. (Also most of it is not high speed rails, so for many, it doesn't make the trip for efficient time and or price wise, knowing they will likely still need to rent a car when they get to their destination) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago Woah that's a lot more rail than I was expecting! permalink fedilink source parent [–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago Yup turns out the tweeter is in LA permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago "And the rest.....here on Gilligans Island!!!" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 child) Chicago is fairly well known for having trains as well. That said, I've never lived somewhere in the U.S. where you wouldn't hear train horns at some point usually freight, but transport does happen as well. Dropped someone off at the train station in Nashville so they could go visit family in Michigan a little while back permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Ahh I see, I guess it doesn't rule out the tweeter being American then permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Yeah, the U.S. has something like 140,000 miles of railroads, 14x that of of a country like the UK, but because the U.S. is so massive, it is just inconvenient for most travelers, so it gets used mostly for freight shipping. (Also most of it is not high speed rails, so for many, it doesn't make the trip for efficient time and or price wise, knowing they will likely still need to rent a car when they get to their destination) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago Woah that's a lot more rail than I was expecting! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago (1 child) Ahh I see, I guess it doesn't rule out the tweeter being American then permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Yeah, the U.S. has something like 140,000 miles of railroads, 14x that of of a country like the UK, but because the U.S. is so massive, it is just inconvenient for most travelers, so it gets used mostly for freight shipping. (Also most of it is not high speed rails, so for many, it doesn't make the trip for efficient time and or price wise, knowing they will likely still need to rent a car when they get to their destination) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago Woah that's a lot more rail than I was expecting! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 child) Yeah, the U.S. has something like 140,000 miles of railroads, 14x that of of a country like the UK, but because the U.S. is so massive, it is just inconvenient for most travelers, so it gets used mostly for freight shipping. (Also most of it is not high speed rails, so for many, it doesn't make the trip for efficient time and or price wise, knowing they will likely still need to rent a car when they get to their destination) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago Woah that's a lot more rail than I was expecting! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago Woah that's a lot more rail than I was expecting! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago Yup turns out the tweeter is in LA permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago "And the rest.....here on Gilligans Island!!!" permalink fedilink source parent
