ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Map Enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz · 5 days agoPassenger trains in the United States vs Europei.redd.itimagemessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up1827arrow-down115
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minus-squareEgonallanon@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-24 days agoI always find this one funny as perhaps more than any other nation railways massively shaped how the US grew into what it is today.
minus-squareturdcollector69@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·4 days agoIt’s much harder to plan around property ownership when you can’t just kill the property owners. American culture is generally anti-collective so that “independence” coupled with cars becoming status symbols ensured the death of rail in America.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days ago the UA … Ukraine? Normally you’re not supposed to use “the” when referring to it these days. And while I’m sure rail is an important element of the development of modern Ukraine, I don’t think its the most significant example.
I always find this one funny as perhaps more than any other nation railways massively shaped how the US grew into what it is today.
It’s much harder to plan around property ownership when you can’t just kill the property owners.
American culture is generally anti-collective so that “independence” coupled with cars becoming status symbols ensured the death of rail in America.
… Ukraine? Normally you’re not supposed to use “the” when referring to it these days.
And while I’m sure rail is an important element of the development of modern Ukraine, I don’t think its the most significant example.
Was a typo. Meant to type US.