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German trains on a typical Wednesday in 2026 (files.mastodon.social)
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[–] 11 points 1 day ago* (2 children)

That's like 30% of the problem. Russia has trains everywhere. The rest is just that Henry Ford set up his factories along the border, and we've leaned hard into car-centric development ever since. (Well, actually, we might be turning a corner now, but it's slow)

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    i wouldn't say all over russia

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  • [–] 5 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

    If you look at the road system in Canada, it's the same pattern, basically. There's a few dirt "highways" that stretch into the northwest, and absolutely nothing connecting the northeast. All the agriculture and so all the sizeable cities are in the south.

    Actually, Russia has a lot more going on up there. As you can see the Russian homeland stretches pretty continuously up, and even in the colonial areas further east, they have mid-sized arctic city Norilsk (that disconnected bit of red). The best we can do is Yellowknife at 10,000.

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