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Obviously you have not looked at the 2000 Census. The Dallas Fort Worth metropolitan area (the so called Metroplex) of their two counties and the counties around them equals 5 million. I shall list them: Dallas 2218899, Tarrant 1446219, Collin 491675, Denton 432976, Wise 48793, Parker 88495, Johnson 126811, Ellis 111360, Kaufman 71313, Rockwell 43080. The total population of Dallas Metroplex is 5,378,621. More than two-thirds of the people living in the counties around Dallas and Tarrant counties compute to work there. Since I said Houston was 5 million too, I shall list its counties too. Harris 3400578, Montgomery 293768, Liberty 70154, Chambers 26031, Jefferson 252051, Orange 84966, Brazoria 241767, Galveston 250158, Fort Bend 354542, Waller 32663, Grimes 23552. Total Houston metropolitan area population is 5030230. People living in the Houston area think nothing of going to the beach in Galveston. There is a 6 lane freeway all the way, most of the time it is stop and go. In the thirty years I have lived in Texas, Texas' population has almost doubled. These same counties only added up to 2 and a half million in 1970. Looking into the future, Texas is expecting to double its population again in thirty years. Like Amtrak, you are thinking in the past, 1970s vintage. To show that Atlanta isn't anywhere near its Fulton county population, lets list its counties. Fulton 816006, Cobb 607751, Dekalb 665865, Gwinnett 588448, Rockdale 70111, Clayton 236517, Fayette 91263, Douglas 92174, Cherokee 141903. Total for the Atlanta area is 3310038. Not quite as large as Dallas and Houston, but not that small either. Since many rail passengers would more than likely head further south to Florida, Atlanta is the major city of the deep south, it will be big enough. Yes, when we forced the railroads to lose money on passengers, we had a better system. However, I dare suggest if we followed my plan, or something like it, and move on to high speed rail, while we might not have as many depots and routes, we would have a better system moving passengers between the major population centers east of the Rockies and with more frequency.... My plan would cost at least $84 billion to build, DOT's plan would cost at least $59 billion, if you filled in their gaps it would cost at least $120 billion. If I were riding the train to Florida, I would expect to get further south than Jacksonville.....on high speed rails.
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