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Does this explain why there are no bullet trains in the USA?
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my guy, the usa was built on the shoulders of a robust railway infrastructure.
the reason why it wouldn't work is because the automotive industry has absolutely ruined everything and people have been conditioned over many years and multiple generations to regard any form of public service and infrastructure as "bad", "pointless", and "for poor people", and so any attempt to actually modernize and fix any of these issues caused by car-dependency is quickly shut down by the ignorant.