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Without mentioning smartphones or social media, what societal changes have you noticed over the course of your lifetime? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Originally it was going to be "over the last twenty years" but I decided to be more flexible.

A lot of discussions about how society has changed or how the world is different always circle around to smartphones, social media, "no one talks to each other in person, they're on their phones always" and the like.

Outside of those topics, what else has changed, by your perception?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

With the current level of train infrastructure and service, I agree with you. That is why domestics flights are a thing. But trains would be a much better choice if rail wasn't actively defunded and sabotaged for the last 70 years or so.

Its this lack of imagination of what could be (and already exists around the world) that makes everyone laugh at Americans.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Even with high speed rail you're looking at 30+ hours from Seattle to NYC. And that's optimistic, ignoring the numerous alpine mountains. No thanks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Yes, all domestic flights in North America are Seattle to NYC.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Why do people always go here?

Fine: coast to coast, north to south should have flights. However almost all domestic flights are shorter and most of those are between city pairs where rail could be more efficient.
Fine: keep your bush pilots and feeder airlines, but 80% of the population is in metro areas.
high speed rail advocates generally speak in terms of population density and distance for choosing the right option: generally city pairs less than 500 miles apart can be more efficiently served by rail. That’s most cities in the US, and metro areas are 80% the population

We don’t need to argue about it not being absolute,if you can recognized the predominant needs

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's 14 hours by bullet train. Spend 8 of it sleeping and save the planet

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Taking a night train is one of the best things I do in Europe