There is a plan going through CA govt right now to authorize a massive train line linking SF to San Diego. If all goes well, I could get from SF to downtown LA in 2.5 hours (it currently takes 5 hours by drive w/out traffic). That's pretty amazing.
I go back and forth with trains. I look at Amtrak - the epitome of government incompetence and cry. Then I look at France, Germany, Belgium, and the UK and am amazed at how well their trains function (i.e., extremely fast, underwater, on-time, comfortable, quiet,...), truly a sign of brilliance.
It amazes me that it's much easier and faster to take a train from London to Paris than it is to go from NYC to Boston or SF to LA. And don't even get me started on our airlines....
France and Germany have a much more controlling govt than us - how come they do things like this so much better? .... and I won't even bring up health care right now.....
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