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The question is pointless: Do other states even _need_ high speed rail? The USA is sparse. Most of the western United States is empty.
by exabrial 4y ago
The question is pointless: Do other states even _need_ high speed rail? The USA is sparse. Most of the western United States is empty.
- albertopv 4y agoEast coast?
- HDThoreaun 4y agoYes, many regions would benefit greatly from high speed rail. Texas and Florida would see massive economic gain as well as the obvious east coast corridor.
- melling 4y agoNot this argument AGAIN. “Why would anyone want to build a HSR from NYC to Los Angeles”. “Don’t you know the western US is sparse?”. What about the rest of America? There’s always someone who comes and tells us America is sparse so we don’t need HSR. There are plenty of places where there’s sufficient population density and sufficiently close.
- twobitshifter 4y agohttps://i.redd.it/d0ioc9idrtf31.png https://i.redd.it/d0ioc9idrtf31.png Look at this map - hsr is most useful for connecting nodes of mega regions that are often sparsely populated inbetween. Distance of about 600 miles or about from Canada to the southern tip of Nebraska. I can see many places it would work.