Some people in Silicon Valley like to complain that Europe can't innovate. Yesterday I took a 190 mile per hour train underwater from London to Brussels in less than two hours. That inability to innovate would be welcome in California's transport system anytime.
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That was 2016. You’re not very good at this are you?
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Actually, I've thought about far more than you have, as I've had this conversation every time some American friend comes back from the EU. Here are the rail subsidies by EU country (note units are in billions). What are you claiming? I've lost track. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_subsidies …pic.twitter.com/or6yKdjhZc
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Anyone who claims with a straight face that European rail is financially viable, and that the current system is what would result if a market system reigned (by contrast with the US, where rail is minimally subsidized), doesn't know WTF they're talking about (as you seem not to).
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Perhaps higj quality rail can only exist with subsidy? Perhaps Europeans have chosen to have decent trains, and maybe the European model works for Europe. Who knows? You seem irked by this.
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And Europeans don't seem to realize the original tweet and linked storm wasn't addressed to them, but to Americans. The point is that many Americans fetishize the European lifestyle. I know, I was one of them. Then I got an EU passport, lived there (again) for a while....
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There's much to be said for the European lifestyle. Also, there are some real drawbacks. The Americans who spend all of three days and like the trains never realize that. Because of course they never move there. That's what this thread is about.
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What about the european lifestyle did you dislike?
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Nothing, it's fabulous. On average, higher than in the US. Of course, that's not true for the 10% (better in the US). More like the place felt like a museum. Sorry to say, but Europe is somnolent. The US is nuts, but it's also dynamic. The action is here right now.
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Why? Are people in the UK going to stop visiting France etc?
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