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Sorry to burst your bubble but the trains in western Europe are a transport mode that caters to a specific class of people, mainly urban well educated people th
by DrDroop 3y ago
Sorry to burst your bubble but the trains in western Europe are a transport mode that caters to a specific class of people, mainly urban well educated people that work for in government, academia or for big corporations. I would occasionally take a train to go to a conference if the venue is close to the station otherwise it is just not practical.
- Philpax 3y agoEr, no, not really? I live in Sweden and a large slice of society take the trains. Ditto everywhere else I've been in Western Europe. Is it possible that your train network specifically is mediocre?
- cynicalsecurity 3y ago[flagged]
- sureglymop 3y agoAt least in Switzerland that is not the case. Growing up we never even owned a car and there was no need to.
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- panick21_ 3y agoI grew in a rural village, many of my class mates were literal fucking mountain farmers. Some of us went to Prague at age 15. Over the years we have been many places. Its traditional for young people to get Interrail and travel around Europe. People taking the train to Amsterdam is incredibly common. Taking the train for Vacation to Northern Italian (like Venice) is super common. Visiting Paris is super common by train. Trains are use for all sorts of reasons both professional and not. And a wide range of different people is on the train, you see bushiness people in suits and you see fucking stoners going to raves you see families you see tourist from outside of Europe. And the waste majority of people I talk to prefer to go by train and only use planes if it really a major improvement.