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by ethnic_throw 3203 days ago
> Who really wants to take a Hyperloop from Houston to Dallas?

Presumably people living there, about 12 million of them.

> And even if you can, then you need to rent a car just to get around, or spend several hundred dollars on Uber/Lyft.

Are you joking or describing LA?

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> And even if you can, then you need to rent a car just to get around, or spend several hundred dollars on Uber/Lyft.

> Are you joking or describing LA?

Los Angeles and Orange County is spread out over about 60 miles.

Perhaps the average distance between 2 interesting neighborhoods, is about 20 miles, give or take. So you live in one neighborhood, but you have activities in another area.

The cost of taking Uber for 20 miles, is about $30. So the roundtrip will cost $60. Add a few of these trips together, and you'll quickly hit a few hundred dollars. At that point, you might as well just rent a car.