There's a lot of good comments here, but folks are overlooking a major structural issue in the USA that IMO is largely at the root of why rail development has become so complicated - and that's the fact that local jurisdictions are very powerful compared to many other countries. Every city and county along a route (or even potential route) gets a seat at the table, and will work to represent their constituents and economic interests. This means there's a ton of voices advocating for completing priorities - they want rail to go through their city or county, but only if the HSR gets a stop at their preferred locations. If the jurisdiction doesn't get what they want, they'll often work to grenade the entire project.
China, by comparison and for example, has an authoritarian central government that can just dictate a route, displace individuals or communities in the way, and tell anyone upset to pound sand.
Not trying to say that authoritarianism is the answer. We're well on our way to that, and it's sure not helping things. It's just a structural difference in the USA that makes makes such projects far more complicated, expensive, and inefficient.
Christians. That's the problem demographic. I've met/worked with plenty of racist, hateful, fascist, xenophobic people of all sorts of ethnicities - but they were all one variety of Christian or another.
I agree, the "loop" is asinine and a complete waste of resources. But I cannot support an author that deliberately misrepresents facts, particularly when there is no need to do so.
The Las Vegas metro area population is ~2.4 million people. So the author misrepresents population this "serves" by roughly a factor of four. And the 110,000 visitors also is a significant underestimate - the metro area has over 150k hotel rooms, they tend to have at least 90% occupied throughout the year - and with friends and family often splitting rooms, it's not uncommon to have upward of a million 'guests' in town at a time (New Year's, Super Bowl, BTS visiting, Etc.)
Author lost all credibility with me with this pointless obfuscation of the truth that was effectively irrelevant from the problem with the loop anyway.
Yikes, that's terrifying. Thanks for sharing.
I'm pretty sure "The Machine" they're raging against is like an annoying office printer or copy machine or something.
/s
Some people like making conversation and being personable on - gasp- social media. And then there's you.
10000 / 20 = 500 gallons. Total cost of the fuel using your $5.50 is $2750, and the difference is $875.
Your decimal is in the wrong place.
She's adorable! She looks like a Gepetto had a Cabbage Patch Doll and another wish.
Yes, but the US has legalized corruption we call lobbying. And its working out great for us! /s
There's a lot of good comments here, but folks are overlooking a major structural issue in the USA that IMO is largely at the root of why rail development has become so complicated - and that's the fact that local jurisdictions are very powerful compared to many other countries. Every city and county along a route (or even potential route) gets a seat at the table, and will work to represent their constituents and economic interests. This means there's a ton of voices advocating for completing priorities - they want rail to go through their city or county, but only if the HSR gets a stop at their preferred locations. If the jurisdiction doesn't get what they want, they'll often work to grenade the entire project.
China, by comparison and for example, has an authoritarian central government that can just dictate a route, displace individuals or communities in the way, and tell anyone upset to pound sand.
Not trying to say that authoritarianism is the answer. We're well on our way to that, and it's sure not helping things. It's just a structural difference in the USA that makes makes such projects far more complicated, expensive, and inefficient.
Not trying to refute this at all, but I'd love to see this same graph normalized for inflation.
Some people, believe it or not, are capable of setting up and cracking jokes while drunk.
Master Functional Auxiliary Practitioner, Bronze. It's a big deal.
We are fucked.
Individuals may be dumb, but they're even dumber in large groups.
Nobody gives a fuck about letting a notorious pedo rest.
Christians. That's the problem demographic. I've met/worked with plenty of racist, hateful, fascist, xenophobic people of all sorts of ethnicities - but they were all one variety of Christian or another.
This is exactly why the acronym for display standards was so terrible.
The Extended Graphics Adapter (abbreviated XGA, obviously) by IBM was introduced with multiple resolutions available, named XGA and various deritives.
EGA came earlier and was colloquially used to refer to 16-color display modes, but wasn't used to define a specific resolution.
More specifically, EGA was a color palatte that had 64 colors available, 16 of which could be displayed at one time.
And then there's CGA which came prior to EGA, but like it referred to color modes rather than resolution.
Username checks out.
I agree, the "loop" is asinine and a complete waste of resources. But I cannot support an author that deliberately misrepresents facts, particularly when there is no need to do so.
The Las Vegas metro area population is ~2.4 million people. So the author misrepresents population this "serves" by roughly a factor of four. And the 110,000 visitors also is a significant underestimate - the metro area has over 150k hotel rooms, they tend to have at least 90% occupied throughout the year - and with friends and family often splitting rooms, it's not uncommon to have upward of a million 'guests' in town at a time (New Year's, Super Bowl, BTS visiting, Etc.)
Author lost all credibility with me with this pointless obfuscation of the truth that was effectively irrelevant from the problem with the loop anyway.
What's updog?
If he has dementia, he's had it since he was a toddler.
Yeah, its more like how sometimes words will randomly appear when you stir your alphabet soup.