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[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've traveled 1% of the way across the country, therefore all travel is easy and good

[–] Emanuel@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 1 year ago

Not taking that person's side, but they did say their experience sucked. I think their point is that all transport sucks (not true at all).

[–] Blamemeta@lemm.ee -3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Took 23 hours to do it.

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

And this to you suggests that america has anything other than abysmal infrastructure?!?

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

most internally coherent reactionary

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I can't believe you're still underlining my point after I pointed out that's what you're doing with observations like this

Cool. Thank you I guess. You still go in the gulag.

[–] Redcat@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

you keep proving them right

yeah america has uniquely bad commuter rail for it's level of wealth

hell, america has uniquely bad commuter rail for it's level of rail development

it absolutely didn't have to be the case. the USA was an industrial colossus and then made the political decision to have shitty rail. it's not alone in that mistake. but it now holds onto it for stupid ideological reasons to the point that it's now sabotaging it's freight rail as well.

jesus just take the L