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Re: Passenger Rail in the US vs. Spain - Brace Yourself For Where Spain Started From
Author: ./.
Date: 03-23-2023 - 20:48

Why can't we do it? Wrote:
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> let's nuance that a little Wrote:
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> -----
> > Spain and Italy are on the poorer side of
> Europe
>
> Voila. Land is cheap. Not so in California.
> There's the answer.
>
> Had we built HSR in 1820 (when land in California
> had zero value)...but it isn't 1820, it's 2023,
> and land in California is expensive. Throw in
> expensive labor and everything regulated to
> extremes (thus more expensive)...

True, except the cost of unregulated cost-plus and unending change orders contractors...

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  Passenger Rail in the US vs. Spain - Brace Yourself for Utter Chagrin Commenter 03-22-2023 - 15:43
  Re: Passenger Rail in the US vs. Spain - Brace Yourself For Where Spain Started From BOB2 03-22-2023 - 16:33
  Re: Passenger Rail in the US vs. Spain - Brace Yourself For Where Spain Started From We aren't Spain 03-22-2023 - 19:33
  Re: Passenger Rail in the US vs. Spain - Brace Yourself For Where Spain Started From Peter D. 03-22-2023 - 19:56
  Re: Passenger Rail in the US vs. Spain - Brace Yourself For Where Spain Started From let's nuance that a little 03-22-2023 - 20:46
  Re: Before you innacurately correct me, try actually reading what I wrote..... BOB2 03-22-2023 - 22:34
  Re: I did make a typo on that one UK GDP, not US... BOB2 03-22-2023 - 22:37
  Re: Passenger Rail in the US vs. Spain - Brace Yourself For Where Spain Started From Why can't we do it? 03-23-2023 - 15:33
  Re: Passenger Rail in the US vs. Spain - Brace Yourself For Where Spain Started From ./. 03-23-2023 - 20:48
  Significantly poorer. Most live in multistory apartments in urban areas that are more easily served by transit Dense Living Matters 03-23-2023 - 12:37
  Re: Significantly poorer. Nope... And dense thinking seems to more in America with how we operate these expensive investments so poorly.... transit BOB2 03-23-2023 - 13:34


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