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This is absurd. You can drive to a bullet train station for a trip across the country just like we already drive to an airport. Density isn't the reason we do

• TylerE 6y ago
  Except even by billet train a trip across the country takes a minimum of 15 hours, instead of a 5 hour flight - and that’s assuming no stops. There is a distance where trains can potentially make sense but it’s NOT across the country.
  • ornornor 6y ago
    You’re forgetting to add another two hours to get to and from the airports, another couple hours to deal with the security etc lines, and the absolutely miserable experience that is modern days flying. A train gets you city center to city center, you have all the freedom you want to walk around, and the luggage restrictions are nowhere as drastic (plus you can keep your 250mL drink you got cheap at the supermarket on the way)
    • com2kid 6y ago
      West coast, What city centers? Seattle, love it, still "tiny" by city definitions. Portland is too small to be considered a layover. So what's next, SF and then LA. These two tables are why the US doesn't have high speed rail. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population#50_states_and_District_of_Columbia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_China_by_population#List_of_major_cities_by_population https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_China_by_p...