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Texas poised to get America's first bullet train
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No New York, Boston, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago though right? Only the Terrible people of Texas?
Houston and Dallas are blue enclaves you absolute dip. The people who live in those cities contain almost all the good people of Texas. Austin too. "The terrible people of Texas" so all the people of texas who aren't Republican are just nothing to you? This is a huge state with a ton of diversity in culture and opinion. The Texas GOVERNMENT is full of terrible people, and there's enough terrible people to vote them in, but not every Texan I'd automatically terrible. An absolutely massive portion of us hate what's happened to our beautiful state.
Yeah I don’t hate it because of where it is, though I do think that because of the state it’s in it will disproportionately favor certain people. But I’d rather the East Coast-Midwest line largely for its practicality. Once we’ve got NYC-Chicago you’re never getting rid of that shit if it’s good. And it could be more easily expanded than the texas route
Yeah well I want a god damn bullet train in Michigan so fuck Texas.
The Acela exists at least. Toronto Detroit Chicago should be a thing. Vancouver Seattle Portland should also be a thing, among other corridors.
At least the Texas one seems a cheaper easy to build, populated corridor, that if its made, should set the stage.
Give me Seattle to Atlanta!