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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We just kind of spread out everywhere quickly and made the train locations somewhat irrelevant.

Do you know any US history

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I know enough that it wasn't so much lobbying as it was advertising to the to the US citizens that made cars more popular. Ford figured out how to make it affordable then a bunch of companies that stood to make money on cars bought up streetcars and shut them down in favor of busses, but that doesn't actually answer the demise of long distance rail.

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