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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

you keep proving them right

yeah america has uniquely bad commuter rail for it's level of wealth

hell, america has uniquely bad commuter rail for it's level of rail development

it absolutely didn't have to be the case. the USA was an industrial colossus and then made the political decision to have shitty rail. it's not alone in that mistake. but it now holds onto it for stupid ideological reasons to the point that it's now sabotaging it's freight rail as well.

jesus just take the L