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All those issues can be fixed with more funding and better equipment. Not saying you're wrong, but the issues are not unsurmountable. In most cases people will

All those issues can be fixed with more funding and better equipment. Not saying you're wrong, but the issues are not unsurmountable. In most cases people will have a handful of bad experiences and default back to their comfort zone.

jamesblonde 8y ago
I prefer to travel by subway in Stockholm because of the comfort. It's a money issue, plain and simple. Jeff Bezos could fix the problem for the whole US all by himself. Will he? Will he, my ass!
- rekado 8y ago
  Maybe it's a bad idea to let people get really rich.
  - coryrc 8y ago
    Sweden has more billionaires per capita than the US.
    - rekado 8y ago
      I'm not talking about the US. I'm talking about the world. This is not a competition. Maybe it is generally a bad idea to concentrate financial means in few people. I don't want to depend on a billionaire's altruism.
      - Felz 8y ago
        Counterpoints: 1. It's not concentration, it's creation. There's probably not an active conspiracy to make the rich richer. (Your phrasing seemed to connotate that) http://www.paulgraham.com/ineq.html http://www.paulgraham.com/ineq.html 2. We tried forming a broad spanning coalition and charging it wit public transportation (among other things). Then we gave it 30-40% of all economic activity. And yet, people apparently still feel like only excitable billionaires can fix public transport. I don't see how taking more money from the billionaires and putting it into the government would help.
foolfoolz 8y ago
All issues can be fixed with more funding
johnchristopher 8y ago
Not really. In Belgium we went from this comfy setting https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/MS96_Interior_second_class_detail.JPG/1920px-MS96_Interior_second_class_detail.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/MS... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/MS96_Interior_second_class.JPG/1920px-MS96_Interior_second_class.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/MS... to this https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/MS08_Interieur_2e_klasse.jpg/1920px-MS08_Interieur_2e_klasse.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/MS... No more adjustable tray for laptop or books in the back of seat. No more armchairs and the whole seat seems to be designed to be uncomfortable. One of the reason I now rather listen to podcasts in my car on the highway than not being able to work in the train. No more
- aqme28 8y ago
  I don't really understand. You don't get a laptop tray while driving a car, and you're able to listen to podcasts on a train.
  - johnchristopher 8y ago
    Somehow my post was scrambled (I blame cosmic rays). If I go by train I expect to be able to work (to compensate for the stress of missing a connection or being late). I can easily listen to podcasts in my car and in much better condition than in the train (plus the fact that 99% of the time I'll be at the office on time). All in all I don't want to listen to podcasts but I'd rather to listen to podcasts in my car on my way to work than sitting in one of the new and upgraded train seats which don't allow working with a laptop. Besides, listening to podcasts with a headphone in the train is a no-no because I need to crank up the volume.

jamesblonde 8y ago

I prefer to travel by subway in Stockholm because of the comfort. It's a money issue, plain and simple. Jeff Bezos could fix the problem for the whole US all by himself. Will he? Will he, my ass!

rekado 8y ago
Maybe it's a bad idea to let people get really rich.
- coryrc 8y ago
  Sweden has more billionaires per capita than the US.
  - rekado 8y ago
    I'm not talking about the US. I'm talking about the world. This is not a competition. Maybe it is generally a bad idea to concentrate financial means in few people. I don't want to depend on a billionaire's altruism.
    - Felz 8y ago
      Counterpoints: 1. It's not concentration, it's creation. There's probably not an active conspiracy to make the rich richer. (Your phrasing seemed to connotate that) http://www.paulgraham.com/ineq.html http://www.paulgraham.com/ineq.html 2. We tried forming a broad spanning coalition and charging it wit public transportation (among other things). Then we gave it 30-40% of all economic activity. And yet, people apparently still feel like only excitable billionaires can fix public transport. I don't see how taking more money from the billionaires and putting it into the government would help.

foolfoolz 8y ago

All issues can be fixed with more funding

johnchristopher 8y ago

Not really. In Belgium we went from this comfy setting https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/MS96_Interior_second_class_detail.JPG/1920px-MS96_Interior_second_class_detail.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/MS... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/MS96_Interior_second_class.JPG/1920px-MS96_Interior_second_class.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/MS... to this https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/MS08_Interieur_2e_klasse.jpg/1920px-MS08_Interieur_2e_klasse.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/MS... No more adjustable tray for laptop or books in the back of seat. No more armchairs and the whole seat seems to be designed to be uncomfortable. One of the reason I now rather listen to podcasts in my car on the highway than not being able to work in the train. No more

aqme28 8y ago
I don't really understand. You don't get a laptop tray while driving a car, and you're able to listen to podcasts on a train.
- johnchristopher 8y ago
  Somehow my post was scrambled (I blame cosmic rays). If I go by train I expect to be able to work (to compensate for the stress of missing a connection or being late). I can easily listen to podcasts in my car and in much better condition than in the train (plus the fact that 99% of the time I'll be at the office on time). All in all I don't want to listen to podcasts but I'd rather to listen to podcasts in my car on my way to work than sitting in one of the new and upgraded train seats which don't allow working with a laptop. Besides, listening to podcasts with a headphone in the train is a no-no because I need to crank up the volume.