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Without mentioning smartphones or social media, what societal changes have you noticed over the course of your lifetime? (lemmy.world)

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Originally it was going to be "over the last twenty years" but I decided to be more flexible.

A lot of discussions about how society has changed or how the world is different always circle around to smartphones, social media, "no one talks to each other in person, they're on their phones always" and the like.

Outside of those topics, what else has changed, by your perception?

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[-] i_dont_want_to 16 points 4 days ago

Completely agree. The state of the US passenger train system is absolutely pitiful, and useless for any of the trips I needed to take.

[-] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago

I would gladly take the Texas Eagle to Chicago on a regular basis to see family if it didn't cost $1,800 for a very small room in the sleeper car. I prefer the train to flying or driving. It's just a LOT cheaper to load up the minivan and drive 12 hours instead.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I feel lucky living in the Northeast: Acela works. It’s not actual high speed rail by world standards, but it is convenient enough, fast enough, cheap enough to be the most desirable option to travel between major cities. But we don’t have this anywhere else.

How can we get this level of service between cities everywhere?

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