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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 94 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

This could be us but you playing

[–] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

In my fantasies, this is just the start of the federal network and doesn't include the several intrastate networks

[–] mech@feddit.org 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Poor South Dakota. Still has to rely on riding hogs for transportation.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I’d rather ride a hog than fly commercial

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

It's the biggest flaw of this map. As a Minnesotan, I never want to set foot in the desolate wasteland known as North Dakota. I'd much rather pass through SD

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I'm generally in favor of that except its timing is weird. Eugene to San Francisco should also be phase 1. It seems more interested in connecting a lot of places to somewhere first rather than making sure that when things connect they go where people want them to. It's very clear phase 1 is entirely focused on making every region get a piece, which I get, but at the same time, the draw of HSR is connecting regions.

Like, yeah Seattle-Portland would be nice, it would get used, but it's a 3 hour drive. The killer feature that gets the PNW on the high speed rail is going to California.

No coast to coast until phase 3, but phase 2 connects Denver to Albuquerque, Oklahoma City to Tulsa, and Toronto to Syracuse all disconnected to anything more significant at that time.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

Please Lord, don't let me turn into the contiguous 48 of the United States