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Passenger trains in the United States vs Europe (i.redd.it)
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[–] Egonallanon@feddit.uk 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

I always find this one funny as perhaps more than any other nation railways massively shaped how the US grew into what it is today.

[–] turdcollector69@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

It's much harder to plan around property ownership when you can't just kill the property owners.

American culture is generally anti-collective so that "independence" coupled with cars becoming status symbols ensured the death of rail in America.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

the UA

… Ukraine? Normally you’re not supposed to use “the” when referring to it these days.

And while I’m sure rail is an important element of the development of modern Ukraine, I don’t think its the most significant example.

[–] Egonallanon@feddit.uk 3 points 8 months ago

Was a typo. Meant to type US.