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Construction Begins on High-Speed Rail Line Between SoCal and Las Vegas (timesofsandiego.com)

submitted 6 months ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

High speed rail is expensive to build in developed and incorporated areas. That’s pretty much a universal truth, unless you get all CCP about labor and land rights.

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I mean, I'm sure there are ways to get that cheap prison labor to do some rail work. Could put gangs of them together in chains or something. Think about the profit margins!