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happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.net to traingang@hexbear.netEnglish · 12 days ago

You WILL commute in the Honda Accord. You WILL eat the gas station sandwich.

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You WILL commute in the Honda Accord. You WILL eat the gas station sandwich.

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happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.net to traingang@hexbear.netEnglish · 12 days ago
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    People act like widespread rail in the US is some hugely impossible task, but it’s literally how the US was made.

    I’m in rural bumfuck US and every town in a 40 miles radius is interconnected by rail lines that have existed for over a century. Its how these places were able to exist and grow. Even today some of these places survive because of the industrial benefits of abundant railways, but commuter rail is completely absent.

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      Not to mention that trolley cars were ubiquitous in nearly every city in America prior to car hegemony.

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        Funny you mention car hegemony, because GM (et al) did collude to dominate public transportation in major cities

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          This is literally the plot of “who framed Rodger Rabbit”

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        Leftists 🤝 Cowboys

        RETVRN to wild west

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      Truth nuke! I live the boonies and roads are almost always packed. And seeing some boomer scoff at hsr in the northeast or California as literally impossible pisses me off.

      If every other country can pull something like this off except for burgerland, then just admit burgerland sucks in comparison.

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      They fucking connected the whole goddamn country with rail in the 1800’s!!!

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