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For the last time..There are 5 diffrent types of rail systems that serve diffrent pop. denisitys.
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by lincoln5390</i> <br /><br />Thanks Edblysard. Here's what I said: <br /> <br />"We gotta have a civil rights movement for people who don't drive cars. Prohibit any new urban/suburban development that is not at least as accessible and functional for those who don't drive as it is for those who do! Period! Paragraph! Furthermore . . ." <br /> <br />Does that say that we shouldn't accommodate motorists? What's wrong with accommodating non-motorists in all the developed areas that accommodate motorists? Aren't we equal under the U.S. Constitution? <br />[/quote]You have said that unless it fits these standards, it shouldn't be legal to build. <br /> <br />Mass transit is a greatly debated issue, I believe that if it works, i.e. makes money, someone will start one. Out where I live it would be silly, things out west have already spread out to far. Most people would have to walk many miles to downtown. If you can’t build a subdivision out in what used to be the country, nothing will be built. <br /> <br />The point of the gulag is that the government shouldn’t be able to tell you where you have to live, or force the building of certain types of buildings, the government zoning is just so loud factories don't get put next to houses, that is about it. <br /> <br />[quote]QUOTE: America has a frontier myth that real freedom is a 160 acre homestead where you can shoot pheasant for dinner. That’s not how most Americans live but too many try to fake it as urban cowboys or some comic book idea of a frontiersman. <br />If people would fess up that their lives are as soft as London hairdressers and learn a lifestyle that’s appropriate for metropolitan areas they might find civilization isn’t as bad as Ru***ells them it is. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Does this mean anything? Other than, if you listen to Rush, or don't think that mass transit would work and would use it, you are soft and should be ignored. I always thought Freedom was the ability to choose, where you live and how you live. <br /> <br />Americans don't want to walk for miles to wait for a train to go someplace, slower than driving due to extra stops, then walk some more. Then, once they are finished walk back to the station, and wait for a train to go home. You can only take what you can carry walking. Part of freedom is the right to be lazy, I agree it might work in some area's. But go out west, and see if you still think it would work, rail networks would need to be vast to reach any amount of businesses. A few years ago they thought about putting a mass transit system between Nampa and Boise, it wouldn't have worked, people want things done fast and they don't want to walk for miles. Not to mention the price of riding has to be cheaper than buying gas for your car. <br />James[C):-)] <br />
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