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minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up109·1 month agoAmericans will do anything to avoid just using trains.
minus-squarefishos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 month agoExcept that nearly all US rail is for freight. We hate PASSENGER trains. We freaking love freight rail.
minus-squareDr. Moose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoBut american freight trains are laughably bad too https://youtu.be/AJ2keSJzYyY
minus-squarefishos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoYes, but “we will avoid trains no matter what” is blatantly false. It’s terrible, but it is our main method of shipping freight from ports to inland cities.
minus-squaremuusemuuse@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 month agoTrains help poor people too. We like to pretend we don’t have poor people. Makes them easier to ignore while pretending to be Christian.
minus-squareJeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoNot much competition in railways. Like literally none.
Americans will do anything to avoid just using trains.
Except that nearly all US rail is for freight. We hate PASSENGER trains. We freaking love freight rail.
But american freight trains are laughably bad too
https://youtu.be/AJ2keSJzYyY
Yes, but “we will avoid trains no matter what” is blatantly false. It’s terrible, but it is our main method of shipping freight from ports to inland cities.
Trains help poor people too. We like to pretend we don’t have poor people. Makes them easier to ignore while pretending to be Christian.
Not much competition in railways. Like literally none.