> Why are you talking about Americans? Because its generally Americans who think its unfathomable to connect anything other then Tokio and Osaka by train. We

> Why are you talking about Americans? Because its generally Americans who think its unfathomable to connect anything other then Tokio and Osaka by train. We have villages with a few 100 people connected by train. You can transport bikes, cars, and cargo or people on a train. Just hop on. And building a train isn't much more top down then building a general road. Many train companies historically have run locally with local control. And in rural places there is often a public owned bus running on the publicly owned road. > hop in a car and go. .... If you own a car.