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    Also, The US is really big

    There’s absolutely no good reason why you shouldn’t be able to take a train from LA to Seattle or Miami to El Paso. The US coastline is plenty dense, with highway exits every five or ten miles state after state after state.

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      I have heard that China has made significant efforts in this area, but that really is a massive change in just over a decade.
      Meanwhile, the UK will take as long to build a single high-speed line.

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        UK deliberately defunded their HR connection between Manchester and London. The Tories sold off the land in a rapid auction, just to make sure Labour couldn’t take over and finish the job after the next election.

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          The secret to it being affordable, doesn’t mean it can’t be done any other way. Authoritarian government also helped a lot in getting it done this fast but still doesn’t mean it can’t be done. Just not as fast and as cheap as China did.

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            I guess paying for labour isn’t something that can happen, it has to be slaves.

            Well the US has slavery for prisoners(13th amendment), yet STILL no modern rail infrastructure.

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              I guess paying for labour isn’t something that can happen

              In China, the only time you get a good thing is if someone does ten bad things.

              Well the US has slavery for prisoners(13th amendment), yet STILL no modern rail infrastructure.

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