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> communities that formerly bought locally produced goods The communities I'm thinking of here never bought locally produced goods for most things. The communi
by msla 7y ago
> communities that formerly bought locally produced goods
The communities I'm thinking of here never bought locally produced goods for most things. The communities set up along the railroads in the late 1800s never had enough of their own industry to make most things, and a lot of them in the Great Plains never had a climate fit to grow much beyond wheat and cattle. They owed their entire existence to the railroad, and the relatively lucky ones were able to transition to owing their entire existence to a highway when the rail industry bottomed out.
- smileysteve 7y agoRevitalization of a rail network, especially commuter, could work for some of these. If you add a stop that's a 30 minute high speed (150 mile) rail away from 2 major cities, that town, and towns around it would boon.
- msla 7y ago> If you add a stop that's a 30 minute high speed (150 mile) rail away from 2 major cities, that town, and towns around it would boon. And the majority of towns that aren't near that one stop would falter even faster. And if you added one stop per town, your rail isn't high-speed anymore.