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> The US is really big and a lot of people have rural 30+ minute commutes The size of the country in which a commute is contained is immaterial to the length o

by andrepd 5mo ago

> The US is really big and a lot of people have rural 30+ minute commutes The size of the country in which a commute is contained is immaterial to the length of that commute. What you mean is not "the US is big" but "things are really far apart in the US". Which they are, but precisely because of car-centric (car-only, actually) design.

retired 5mo ago
Things being far apart in the US predates cars. Rail made that possible.
- jeromegv 5mo ago
  Rails encouraged density around the train stations. Rail is not responsible for the car sprawling type of communities which are mostly a 20th century phenomenon.