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Oh pish posh. China is exactly as big as the US and you can get pretty much everywhere for a few bucks in high speed trains.

Trains are fantastic and the US should definitely be investing in them, it’s a huge disadvantage and a national embarrassment that we don’t have affordable and effective mass transportation.

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luthis@lemmy.nz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
China does a lot of stupid things, but their train network is admirable.

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- Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Truth
  
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KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
“Everywhere” as long as you’re just trying to get to the south-east, sure.

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- Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Nope, everywhere.
  
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  - KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    That ain’t everywhere.
    
    Certainly more than the US though.
    
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    Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    That is everywhere that Chinese people live in that country. They consolidated their flyover zones to the left side of the country.
    
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  - SCB@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    everywhere
    
    Don’t look at the left side of the map tho
    
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    Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    More than 96 percent of the Chinese population lives in the eastern half of that country.
    
    The trains go to the population centers of the 3 and 1/2% on the west side.
    
    Trains service everyone everywhere in that country.
    
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- Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  96 percent of Chinese people live on the east half of the country.
  
  as well as the North and West. That whole center bit is accessible too.
  
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  - KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yes, so the trains make sense in certain areas. The US has a similar problem, with the majority of the population in a few specific areas which are already served well by trains. But you then have extremely sparse population spread out through the rest of the country. Trains just don’t work there.
    
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    Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    US cities are definitively not already served well by trains. Trains are prohibitively expensive, literally falling apart and very rare, even in larger population centers in the US.
    
    Trains would work very well in this country as they work in literally every country that invests in transportation infrastructure.
    
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    frezik@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You can’t even get high speed rail between LA and San Fransisco (yet). US cities in dense areas are not well served by trains.
    
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