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You can leave Austin and San Antonio out and still have 13 million people on the Dallas/Houston straight line. And keep in mind that the terrain between Dallas
by enraged_camel 9y ago
You can leave Austin and San Antonio out and still have 13 million people on the Dallas/Houston straight line.
And keep in mind that the terrain between Dallas and Houston is basically all flat and sparsely populated, so building rail there would be a lot cheaper than the northeast.
- Retric 9y agoRail only going to a fewe small city's would be underutilized. Ballpark 1/3 of the people going from A to B using high speed rail and you need a lot of people going from A to B. However, if B is on the way to C and people from A and B also go to C... etc you start to see massive network effects. Sure, if Texas wants to spemd their money go for it, but this would be a relative ware of federal funds.