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No, and we have the most extensive highway system in the world. That extensive highway system has destroyed communities, alienated us from one another. It dest
by maxharris 9y ago
No, and we have the most extensive highway system in the world.
That extensive highway system has destroyed communities, alienated us from one another. It destroyed passenger rail (air travel took the high-end of the market, to be sure, but what business does the government have in using taxpayer money to destroy an entire industry?)
If you were a person of color in the 1950s, highways likely destroyed the places you lived in. And you couldn't follow the white people to the suburbs. Racist people used zoning laws to prevent you, and where would you get the money to do so anyway? The vast majority of the high-paying professions were not open to you.
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/11/syracuse-slums/416892/ https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/11/syracus...
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- protomyth 9y agoHighways didn’t destroy passenger rail. Cargo destroyed passenger rail in the US. Higher profit, much fewer customers, B2B instead of B2C, long term contracts, and a much lower cost. There is no business advantage to passengers over cargo.