• Riskable@programming.dev
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    23 hours ago

    Ah yes, if I want to visit my mom in Atlanta, I can take the Amtrak train which takes 34 hours, ten minutes. Or I could take any number of dozens of flights that leave every day and be there in ~45 minutes.

    Note: The train tickets are about 3x more expensive too.

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      23 hours ago

      now imagine if the government invested in a train you could take to be there in 3 h total without checkin/security that runs multiple times per day

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        10 hours ago

        Who the hell would ride it? Everyone going to Atlanta is just using it as a layover to go somewhere else!