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Railway network in the United States at the start of the US Civil War (sopuli.xyz)
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Map of the United States with railways at the start of the civil war.
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[+] -6 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Cars are much more convenient than railroads

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago

    No u see railroads were before cars. We humans made a choice to use cars. That's because they were drastically more convenient.

    I don't want to use the railroad I'm sorry. I would rather have a car. I mean yes I want a flying car, I want an electric car - but its still need to be an individual means of transportation I don't need to share with anyone and with a cargo compartment.

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  • [+] -8 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    No we cannot. There is no way trains would be more convenient than cars. Have u tried going to the store and bringing a cart of groceries home? I have.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Then make stores we can just walk to in like 10 minutes. Then you don’t need to take a whole cart of groceries home and you can just go shopping every day for whatever you need

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I want to go shopping every day?? I work for a living.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I go to one of the 5 stores close to my home several times a week, sometimes multiple times the same day. We have gone insanely overboard with store density, but it's completely feasible to have small stores everywhere if the incentive are there.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I mean sure. I just wish I had the choice and could do cars for just the last miles.

    Cars are more convenient than a bus route locally but long distance travel where everyone can sleep to be rested for vacation and there no big security theater for local travel and I just keep my bags and snacks? Ugh so good.

    It doesn't have to be more convenient in destination choices but in travel I think it has some positives.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I'd take trains for long trips, but no way could I get by without a car. How would I carry our family's crap to the beach, camp, lake? How would I get 15 sacks of groceries home? Forget hitting the hardware story for much of anything.

    OTOH, I'd love to hop a train and roll to New Orleans or Mobile for a day trip.

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