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I think a more recent map is more interesting:
Remember, America was not built for the car, as ignorant people often claim. It was demolished for the car.
What's crazy to me is that many of the railroads still exist and are used... But for freight only.
I looked at taking the train from Albuquerque to Denver, it goes east to Chicago before going back to Denver. It is a 7 hour drive, but a 32 hour train ride.
To be fair, we're using really fucking old technology so it's not surprising that it's that much slower.
If we had proper high speed rail, like the Shinkansen, it would be much shorter.
There is also the fact for a 450 mile trip you have to go 2300 miles.
What people with epilepsy or other conditions do?
suffer in silence
but also hopefully they have friends and family who will chaffeur them, and greyhound buses exist, airplanes too.
Look at what they took from us!
Cars are much more convenient than railroads
No they're not - when I sleep during the car trip, everyone freaks out!
I mean sure. I just wish I had the choice and could do cars for just the last miles.
Cars are more convenient than a bus route locally but long distance travel where everyone can sleep to be rested for vacation and there no big security theater for local travel and I just keep my bags and snacks? Ugh so good.
It doesn't have to be more convenient in destination choices but in travel I think it has some positives.