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by bobthepanda 1048 days ago
Most Americans live in metro areas; the figure for the United States is 80% according to the census.

High speed rail is not going to do a lot of good in South Dakota, but we can serve most Americans with some type of decent rail without contorting ourselves. And the bar is on the floor since a lot of Amtrak is not even a single round trip seven days a week.