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[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If you could get the over 65 set to realize the rail lines will help them get somewhere when their kid is at work, they might go for it.

But I'm not sure.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wish we could normalize it everywhere. I think most people would like trains, but only if they didn't have to also drive and park at a station, which is how so much of the country is set up now.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago

Guarantee that every trip will have a Bullet Train scenario going on and I'm down

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah but hilariously they'll all be dead before it's finished.

[–] TheTurducken@mander.xyz 13 points 1 year ago

A society grows great when old men plant tree they will not sit in the shade of.

[–] db2@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

That’s how I convinced my grandpa