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Sure. That kind of infrastructure makes sense when you jam so many people into such tiny countries. Great Britain is just a tad bigger than New England, and i
by douche 11y ago
Sure. That kind of infrastructure makes sense when you jam so many people into such tiny countries.
Great Britain is just a tad bigger than New England, and it's got five times as many people in it.
- thrownaway2424 11y agoIf you're going to be hyperbolic, pick better examples. Great Britain is smaller than Nevada, but it has TWENTY TIMES as many people in it! Which is TOTALLY IRRELEVANT to transportation policy!
- marcoperaza 11y agoIf you've spent any amount of time in the US, outside of the handful of dense urban areas with subways, you'd know that public transportation cannot serve our needs. We are too spread out. We made our choices on this long ago and there's really no going back. Interestingly, automated cars will solve most, if not all, problems with car transportation.
- dang 11y agoAlso, please don't use uppercase for emphasis. It's basically yelling at people. That's in the HN guidelines too. You might reread them: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html