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>>amathe+(OP)
> The fact that it takes six hours to get from Baltimore to Boston, when a faster train can cover the longer distance between Paris and Marseille in four, does not move us to protest the obvious failure of ambition.

Paris > Marseille by train is 3:08, not 4:00.

Nice writup, thanks for sharing.

>>aziazi+K2
3 hours to go 400 miles in France vs 6 hours in the US?

The United States sat out the HSR revolution. China built 26,000 miles in the past 20 years. The US has essentially nothing.

Personally, I think the creation of China’s subway system is even more impressive.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metro_systems#:~:text=....