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0 pointsrhaway847733y ago0 comments

The blog implicitly (and explicitly) makes the argument that this isn’t a form of transit. It’s recreation.

43 hours for what would be a 4 hr flight plus it’s more expensive to boot.

So should such long distance train rides actually be compared to transit or golfing?

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I made the case a tiny bit further down thread. Yea its recreation, but its recreation at marginal cost to an existing system which helps to subsidize the non-recreational users. Like having a cruise ship appended to a container ship. Amtrak doesn't only exist for / cater to the land version of a cruise ship.

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