> Then perhaps the cost of land is just too low in US cities? Land generally is cheap in the USA because the USA is pretty damn big. Europeans often don't thi

> Then perhaps the cost of land is just too low in US cities? Land generally is cheap in the USA because the USA is pretty damn big. Europeans often don't think about how large the USA is. California alone is larger than every European country except Sweden, Spain, France, and Ukraine, and Texas is bigger than any of those. We have 10 states that are each bigger than the UK on their own. It's why nobody in the USA takes a train anywhere. Even with a 200 mph train, it would take 15 hours to cross the country, and that's assuming no stops. In some states, you could ride that train for 3 hours in a straight line and not even leave the state.