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by ilikehurdles 2594 days ago
Bullet trains travel vast distances and make few stops. CA is ideal for them.
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They also require huge populations to travel on them to justify the huge costs. That's where California falls short.

If we doubled the population, it would be pretty OK, and we have the job market for it, but that would require constructing housing, and California doesn't do that.