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Why Trains Suck in America Support Wendover Productions on Patreon: https://www.Patreon.com/Wendover ProductionsTrains, well, just aren't that great in America. Here's why.Youtube: http://www.YouTube.com/WendoverProductions Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/WendoverPro Email: [email protected]: Opening Amtrak video courtesy Coleman Place (Creative Commons License) Amtrak System Map modified from original by Maximilian Dörrbecker (Creative Commons License) Train icon created by Roman J. Sokolov from the Noun Project Airport Check-in video courtesy Amsterdam airport Schiphzl (Creative Commons License) TSA video courtesy Brian Wilson (Creative Commons License) Acela Express footage courtesy Alexander Wood (Creative C...
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through security, flying, then driving downtown.
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away from each other, so why do trains still suck?
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B1 · 中级
能听懂简单新闻就可以
- 81% 的单词在 B1 或更简单的水平。
- 每分钟 122 词：语速慢，清晰。
- 整集共有 41 个较难的单词（B2 及以上）。
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较难的单词（B2+）
Let's face it, trains kinda suck in America. They're slow, expensive, and just don't exist in many parts of the country. The simple reason for this is because the US is so sparsely populated. Aside from here, here, and here, cities just aren't close enough together to make train
travel faster or cheaper than plane travel. When cities are within 200 to 300 miles of each other, it's often faster to take a train from downtown to downtown rather than driving to an airport, checking in, going through security, flying, then driving downtown.
However, as I mentioned, there definitely are regions in the US with cities this distance away from each other, so why do trains still suck? The United States has the geography to support trains in certain areas, and yet a train from DC to New York costs at least $49 and takes 3 hours and 29 minutes, only 30 minutes less
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