Look at railroad maps from ~1930, and you see railroads connecting to almost everywhere, even in much of so called flyover country, and difficult terrain. To g

Look at railroad maps from ~1930, and you see railroads connecting to almost everywhere, even in much of so called flyover country, and difficult terrain. To get an impression, just have a look at the first map from there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_and_Rio_Grande_Western_Railroad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver_and_Rio_Grande_Western_... What can be seen there extends to much of the rest of the CONUS. Therefore I conclude it has nothing to do with life style, tradeoffs regarding location, and so on. > We can't make trains to literally everywhere... You could, and you did. Then the Great Depression and WWII came, and after this you decided to throw it all away for the automobile. The same with streetcars. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_consp... vs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_streetcar_systems_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_streetcar_systems_in_t...