I think you are the one that needs to familiarize yourself. When is the last time you rode a train?
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I think you are the one that needs to familiarize yourself. When is the last time you rode a train?
Same TSA lines would be in effect. I haven't had the need to remove my shoes while going through security for years. You don't need food on a four hour flight. You would on a ten hour train ride. If your legs bother you, get an aisle seat. Grow up.
A lot of Americans rarely never ride trains and dont care about them....but America's pretty horrible airports they do....even if they dont go international they remember that airports used to be better.
If you cant get into a first class lounge now you are pretty fucked now.
SeaTac is pretty awesome. I've never had any problem getting in and out of there and I traveled for bus all over the nation for almost 30 years.
You'd know this if you ever left your mistress' basement.
T. A. Gardner
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I wouldn't bet on that. One terrorist attack, and you get all of that and more...
T. A. Gardner
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So, if you are someone on a timetable or doing business, time is money and the reduction is sufficient to make air travel the only alternative.
So they fly. So what?
Riding high speed trains can be a leisure. Also it's perfect for those who are afraid to fly.
T. A. Gardner
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It isn't worth building, or someone would have done it already.
We just made the automobile the king of transportation in this country, it was a big mistake in my opinion.And yet it was worth it in other countries.
T. A. Gardner
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And yet it was worth it in other countries.
No, it was political in other countries. Not one of those high speed rail systems breaks even. Most require massive government subsidy to operate. US airlines operate at a profit.
Sighs.
T. A. Gardner
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I'd say you are 100% wrong. That gave Americans massive amounts of freedom to move about the nation. It gives people the ability to live as much as 100+ miles from their employment. It gives people greater opportunity to do virtually everything. Being tied to public transit is to have a ball and chain attached to both legs.
T. A. Gardner
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Because I'm right, no doubt...
We should have developed both.
No you are not.
The other countries have been successful.
How many train wrecks and derailments have they had?
Either you are a troll or a genuine Luddite.
Who is denying that?
T. A. Gardner
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We didn't because one was uneconomical.
T. A. Gardner
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Name one nation where the passenger rail system is profitable.
See my OP.