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Originally Posted by mousquet
I don't get it. Anyone can yet count 5 metro areas that should be slashing Texas's face with HSR lines already. Houston, San Antonio, Dallas Fort Worth, Austin and maybe even el Paso. What would they wait for any longer to make business faster within their own state?
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I'm not sure business is really made faster by a train like this. Technology like video conferencing has drastically reduced the need for business travel. I would assume this would be used far more for personal travel.
I do wonder about the economics though. Things like bad weather and clogged freeways make trains in the NorthEast seem like a relatively better idea. However, building anything in the NorthEast is so insanely expensive that the price would seem to counterbalance any sort of improved utility. Questions like these are no reason for politicians to get involved though. If private investors lose their ass on this project, that's their problem not the governments.