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[–] wanderingmagus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Because places like America are so spread out (by design) that rail networks, especially in the Great Plains and Southwest, are viewed as impractical unless all of their population moved to cities or towns in close proximity to rail lines, and Americans tend to take up a large chunk of the bandwidth.

[–] kozy138@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (8 children)
[–] farttoilet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the link below compliments the video above. It it from the same channel. This seem to be a compounded issue. https://youtu.be/7IsMeKl-Sv0

[–] kozy138@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yup. And the worst part is, most people do not realize that this is even in issue, let alone how many other problems or creates. Especially ecological ones.

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