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msrpotus on June 17, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: We're Too Cheap to Fly Faster

In part because America is much larger: NYC to Los Angeles is similar in distance to a trip from London to Baghdad. At that scale, trains are always going to be inconvenient.

Now, that's not to say trains in the US are good, but they are never going to be the best form of transportation for a 3,000 mile trip.

saalweachter on June 17, 2013 [–]

I also blame our two-weeks-off-a-year culture.

If we had six weeks off, going four days each way in a train to spend two or three weeks somewhere could be a great vacation.

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