What a ridiculous take.

1. If driving is better for you, then drive
2. You’re choosing a route without practical train service.

To me your argument is that yes, we need to build up more usable rail here so it can be a reasonable choice. If Acela were there, it might be a better choice, and that doesn’t even count as “high speed”.

As someone in the NorthEast, not likely to ever take a train to Florida, let’s git’r done. I can see the huge advantage of the long connected route serving the whole coast, for the thousands of intermediate trips that would become feasible, even if I personally wouldn’t benefit