faboomama:welshelf:This would so fantastic!I kind of feel bad for Idaho, Montana, Wyoming &
faboomama:welshelf:This would so fantastic!I kind of feel bad for Idaho, Montana, Wyoming & the Dakotas. I’d visit those places if I could take the train there.Sadly, not gonna happen. High speed trains (especially mag-lev trains) like they have in China, Japan, and Europe would be incredibly healthy for the US, create hundreds of thousands of jobs and be a tremendous boost to the economy in countless ways; but US society just isn’t about stuff like this anymore. What was the last truly ambitious public infrastructure project the US undertook? The Hoover Dam? All the talk in Washington is about cutting back on public costs, not investing in public space or infrastructure. Bridges are crumbling, healthcare is a mass of corruption, highways are full of potholes, schools are being defunded, iconic buildings are from the art deco period. The only thing that US society is willing to invest in lavishly these days is the machinery of killing. Nothing else makes the cut. -- source link