Our infrastructure is old and we can afford cars and planes.
New York to Boston on Amtrak: 4 hours 11 minutes. New York to Boston if America had high speed rail like China: 1 hour 15 minutes. Why so slow?
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Why is our infrastructure still old?
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So you can listen to the clickity clack of the train as it rolls along and think of a simpler bygone age
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As you watch the stokers pour on the coal... Ultimate match race: Hogwarts Express vs Amtrak
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All our capital even that of nominally US companies has fled to build infrastructure in China instead. We’re selling debt, global security, rule of law, and real estate, and outsource all jobs and infrastructure to other countries. Then we blame the loss of jobs on automation.
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Two words: population density
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Even between Boston and NY?
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1800s technology in 2019?
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Roadbed. Duh.
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