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> How often do people need to get from NYC to Syracuse? Far more often than you'd think. If such a system existed people would use it all the time. Look at th
by intertextuality 8y ago
> How often do people need to get from NYC to Syracuse?
Far more often than you'd think. If such a system existed people would use it all the time.
Look at the metra lines that go from Chicago to the suburbs in the north/northwest. People take those all the time because living in those areas is significantly cheaper.
People would be able to visit families long distance without needing to own a car or cough up for a plane ticket. That land in the US is vast is not really a good excuse.
- tptacek 8y agoSyracuse isn't a suburb of NYC. The distance between those cities is like the distance between Chicago and Iowa City. Nobody commutes to Chicago from Iowa City.
- intertextuality 8y agoCommuting for work, probably not. But along that route I’d imagine people would utilize it, similar to how metra is used for people coming from Wisconsin. Being able to conveniently take the train from Chicago -> Iowa would be great, especially if the route went further.
- tptacek 8y agoBeing able to take a train from anywhere to anywhere is else is great, ceteris paribus. That doesn't make it practical.