>There is not too much difference in density from cities like Seattle and San Francisco from European cities. Not sure I can get on board with that. It's the n

>There is not too much difference in density from cities like Seattle and San Francisco from European cities. Not sure I can get on board with that. It's the number of cities. Switzerland has ONE city with a population over 250k. USA has EIGHTY EIGHT or so over 238 times the area. That matters where you invest, how you build, etc. As to why we can't have high speed rails, ask California.