• grue@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    No, that’s a myth. America had extensive train networks – both within cities and between them – and deliberately destroyed them because of a combination of misguided modernist city planning and corrupt lobbying from corporations from oil companies and car manufacturers.

    There is nothing special about America that makes it inherently unsuitable for trains.