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Why the ad hominem? I've lived and travelled in a ton of places. Trains in low density cities are simply not working well enough. I now prefer to live in exurb
by dzhiurgis 6mo ago
Why the ad hominem?
I've lived and travelled in a ton of places. Trains in low density cities are simply not working well enough. I now prefer to live in exurb and drive everywhere. It's so good.
- soiltype 6mo agoGuessing you're American is ad hominem?
- 0xffff2 6mo ago> ad hominem: appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect [0] Pretty much by definition, yes. 0: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ad%20hominem https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ad%20hominem
- soiltype 6mo agoI mean I wasn't making any rhetorical argument. That part of the comment was just me musing.
- dzhiurgis 6mo agoMuse this - train is a tool, just like a car, bus, bike, plane, drone or rollerblades. Repeating "trains" in every transport context is unproductive. Each mode of transport requires certain density. Most US cities just don't have it. It's that simple.
- soiltype 6mo agoNo
- Schiendelman 6mo agoIt's not at all that simple. One of the neat things about trains is their permanence - once you've built one, you can fight for allowing increased density repeatedly until you win. That's what we've been doing in Seattle!
- dzhiurgis 6mo agoHorses before train carriages then? How is that working out tho?