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[–] Duplodicus@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The continental US is roughly 2/3 the size of Europe. Comparing Denmark to it is nonsensical given the differences in size.

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

IDK if size really matters here. Connecting Chicago to Milwaukee (100mi) with HSR probably makes sense

there are many others too:

Chicago-Indianapolis (200mi)

Chicago-St Louis (300mi)

Chicago-Pittsburgh (500mi)

so many good connections

[–] Duplodicus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

We have freight rail connecting that already. Size should matter here because the population densities are not the same.

[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

passengers can't ride freight rail tho

[–] Duplodicus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

That all depends on how cool the train crew are