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Why Trains would NEVER WORK in the USA (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 3 points 9 hours ago (1 child)

Have you looked at railway maps?

There's a huge sprawling rainwater network across America... It's just only used by freight cause the bastards that own it decided passengers are unprofitable

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  • [–] 1 point 4 hours ago

    Assuming rail autocorrected to rainwater, agreed. There are interesting parallels between rail in the 1800s and the life cycle of the internet - successful network technology explodes in utility and popularity, then is cannibalized and constricted

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