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		michaelchisari on Feb 2, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Superstar Companies Like Apple Are Killing Ame... High speed rail like Japan has had for 30 years would be nice. And fiber internet to every home like South Korea has. These are projects that startups, and even large corporations, can't do, but governments can.

tomsthumb on Feb 2, 2015 [–]

To be fair though, Japan is two-thirds the size of Texas and South Korea is two-thirds the size of New York state.

michaelchisari on Feb 2, 2015 | | [–]

That may be why we don't have a line connecting San Francisco and Chicago. It's no excuse for why we don't have a line connecting Boston and DC, or SF and LA.

hammerandtongs on Feb 2, 2015 | | [–]

ikr. We are the United States why even try?

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