rail system in Europe/italy is great but it would be difficult to make something cost effective..especially in the Midwest. Too spread out.
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"spread out" but in the same time, population is way up from that era--I expect they'll cancel out in many situations
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I'd be an advocate but you'd have to show me a self sustaining system. Billions in infrastructure that isn't used would be my concern
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same here! solvency is a primary concern; I'm interested in railways which *make* money rather than losing it
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gotta get land use right to do that, so you have a lot of businesses and houses instead of a lot of parking next to a train station
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Sure--but that means building stations near businesses and houses, rather than the reverse (greenfield stations with the hope of growth)
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yeah, but also changing land use laws in those places— most American towns outlawed traditional pedestrian-oriented architecture postwar
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I know. Definitely a lot of work to be done!
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the Mayberry type towns don't really exist any more to connect... That culture is all but extinct because we integrated the car so heavily
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