doubtingtammy

The biggest cost of the big dig was the opportunity cost. The state let the mbta (the metro and commuter rail) fall into a state of comical disrepair. Trains aren't supposed to catch fire or derail as often as the T does

The Acela is a pathetic excuse for HSR. If you're going from Boston to DC, it only really saves a couple hours compared to the normal train, and it's still like 6 jours more than flying (or something like that). According to Wikipedia, the fastest scheduled time between Boston and NY is 3hr30m, which averages to 66mph. That's not really high speed. The problem is theres only a few places the track actually allows for high speed

Why not just spend less on killing Muslims?

Well, we're about to commit trillions of dollars for war against Iran to help out our apartheid client state. So if we can avoid that, we can use the savings to build rail! :)

It is disingenuous to argue that High Speed Rail is profitable in China

Good thing that's not what OP or anyone else in here was arguing. Like you said, it's a public good. It doesn't need to be profitable to serve the public interest. In fact, profits run counter to the public interest. So why bring it up?

HSR is much more difficult in the US as the rights of private property are respected and projects need to pass a much higher threshold of review

We have eminent domain, and HSR has been built in Europe despite stricter envirobmental regulations.

There are many major infrastructure projects in China that turn out to be poorly planned and executed years after they have been completed.

Wow. Couldn't happen in the US. Never.

I wonder if engineers protested getting rid of the buttons. Who's responsible for that terrible design trend?

I have a Toyota from around then, and yeah it's the best. The great thing about that era is the milage is decent, and also I think it's when abs and traction control became standard on all cars. So I have a manual transmission and aux cord, but it's not ancient, it's still very safe and efficient

Bad analogy because invasive plants all come from an ecosystem where they're not problematic. Like, kudzu is fine in its native habitat.

Nazis are more like toxic waste - not good anywhere, except buried deep below the surface of the earth, along with signage about how this is not a place of honor

Wait, did I say as old as silicon? I meant born in 1970

You mean the pirate site I'm using is pirating the name of a different pirate site? Lmao

9anime is still working for me

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