βNobodyβs going to want to sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours to get from New York City to LA.β
Me. I will sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours. Iβll sit on it for days. Iβll write and read and nap and eat and then do it all over again. Iβll stare out the windows and see America from ground level and not have to drive. Iβll see the Rockies and the deserts and cornfields and the Mississippi River and your house and yours and yours too. Iβll make up stories in my head about the small towns I see as we go along. Iβll see the states Iβve yet to see because driving or flying there is a fucking slog and expensive to boot. Iβll enjoy the ride as much as the destination. And then Iβll do it all over again to come the fuck home.
Me getting slammed with notifications on this post in particular:
Americans will drive 15 hours, why the hell wouldn't we take a 15 hour train ride.
Itβs currently more than 30 hours from Portland to LA by train, I take that train yearly and it is completely packed every time. People already take our terrible low-speed rail every day, youβre out of your mind if you think no one would take better high-speed rail
