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minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days agoI think parts of the problems of train in the US is that they have a lot of desert in the western part of the country (rocky mountains and such) where public transport just wouldn’t make sense. You don’t have that in Europe.
minus-squareComfortableRaspberry@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoWhy wouldn’t it make sense to cross these areas by train? You don’t need a stop in the desert but before and after sounds sensible to me.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days agocrossing it makes sense, yes, but you could also do so by plane, which is much faster
I think parts of the problems of train in the US is that they have a lot of desert in the western part of the country (rocky mountains and such) where public transport just wouldn’t make sense. You don’t have that in Europe.
Why wouldn’t it make sense to cross these areas by train? You don’t need a stop in the desert but before and after sounds sensible to me.
crossing it makes sense, yes, but you could also do so by plane, which is much faster