Comments by "rejvaik" (@rejvaik00) on "The Myth of Chinese Efficiency" video.
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@guppy719 no the US doesn't need a country spanning high-speed rail network because unlike China the US doesn't have over a dozen cities in a straight-ish line each with over 8 million people
China's population density is massive by comparison some cities like Shanghai and Beijing have a whopping 20+ million population!!
US Pop density by comparison is low on a nation wide scale we have 1 single city with 8.8 million, New York City which is the largest concentration of population in the entire US
Second is Los Angeles, with a population of 3.8 million which a difference of 5 million is a significant reduction!
After that comes Chicago with 2.7 million
Then houston with 2.3mil, Phoenix with 1.6 mil, Philadelphia with 1.6mil as well
Look at that, top 6 largest cities in the US and they scattered all over the country! How in the heck you think you can create a rail line linking California, Arizona, Texas, Illinois, Pennsylvania and New York and expect passengers to ride on it? And the business operating it to turn a profit as well? It can't be done
Speaking of price China had to pay a hefty price for such a system 900 billion in debt to get this project through no local, state level or federal level government wants to fork over anything even close to that for something unnecessary
Any improvements to public transportation are going to have to start with proper city planning and city expansion, and possibly founding brand new cities closer to existing ones
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