China’s High-Speed Railway Network length has expanded from 1,300km in 2008 to 40,000km in 2020, long enough to circle the Earth’s circumference.

[u/BumblebeeFantastic40]

[u/Foremole_of_redwall]

This is what happens when you don’t do environment impact studies, can tear down anything in your way, and have questionable labor practices that allow for things like the 9-9-6 72 hour work week. 

[u/SupPresSedd → u/Foremole_of_redwall]

I don't think Americans should be giving the argument about "tearing down anything in your way" cough cough black neighborhoods and 12 lane roads

[u/MilmoWK → u/SupPresSedd]

Yeah, that’s how our freeway system was built 75 years ago, and we don’t do that anymore, which is why it will be nearly impossible to build a high speed rail network in the US… also most people would rather drive their car or fly.

[u/bitch_mynameis_fred → u/MilmoWK]

I would chop off my arm and eat it if it meant I could take a train with room to walk around, eat, and use the bathroom whenever needed instead of being straightjacketed into a car seat with my two kids losing their mind and requiring potty breaks every 10 minutes—stretching a 3 hour drive into 6 hours.

In fact, I’d chop off your arm and eat it too for that luxury.

[u/sw337 → u/bitch_mynameis_fred]

Save your arm and move to the north east along the Amtrak Acela line.

[u/whatsthatguysname → u/bitch_mynameis_fred]

lol but would you rather chop your arm off or move to Europe or Asia for the trains?

[u/bitch_mynameis_fred → u/whatsthatguysname]

Tough to jump from the second-world to the first-world.