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minus-squareoptional@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down2·1 day agoJapan finds solutions, America finds excuses. You have enough taxpayers to build 26 lane highways in California, but you’re telling me you don’t have enough money to build a 2 lane HSR?
minus-squareTroy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down7·1 day agoSorry, I’m not American. Looking at it from the outside. There are a lot of things America can do better. But from a purely math perspective, it’s a good metric to explain why Japan has what it has.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·1 day agoThey have it because they spent more money on rail and less on highways compared to the US. They chose the better infrastructure.
Japan finds solutions, America finds excuses.
You have enough taxpayers to build 26 lane highways in California, but you’re telling me you don’t have enough money to build a 2 lane HSR?
Sorry, I’m not American. Looking at it from the outside. There are a lot of things America can do better.
But from a purely math perspective, it’s a good metric to explain why Japan has what it has.
They have it because they spent more money on rail and less on highways compared to the US. They chose the better infrastructure.