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minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down3·5 months agoIt’s not that simple. Many places on the planet do not have a high enough population density to make subways viable. I love trains. I take trains when possible. But your take is overly simplistic.
minus-squarebuzz86us@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoYet in the early 1900s there was enough population for an extensive network of trolleys… With 2 billion people on the entire planet. Now were headed back to trolleys with extra steps
minus-squaresmoothbrain coldtakes@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·5 months agoI think you underestimate how shitty public transit is outside of like maybe six or seven major metros across all of North America. You compare needing cars to using the subways as if I have a choice. Most of us literally don’t.
minus-squaresmoothbrain coldtakes@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 months agoPlease note I am from Lemmy.ca and I can tell you the exact same thing about Canada. Don’t be elitist if you’re going to be ignorant.
It’s not that simple. Many places on the planet do not have a high enough population density to make subways viable.
I love trains. I take trains when possible. But your take is overly simplistic.
Yet in the early 1900s there was enough population for an extensive network of trolleys… With 2 billion people on the entire planet. Now were headed back to trolleys with extra steps
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I think you underestimate how shitty public transit is outside of like maybe six or seven major metros across all of North America.
You compare needing cars to using the subways as if I have a choice. Most of us literally don’t.
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Please note I am from Lemmy.ca and I can tell you the exact same thing about Canada.
Don’t be elitist if you’re going to be ignorant.
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