▲ 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
[–] 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