On a more macro-level, look at the joke that is California’s high speed rail project. It probably won’t even be operational until 2030, and that’s assuming they don’t find yet another excuse to put off the project.

At the risk of being a total , many places in America would be so goated if this country wasn’t so corrupt, incompetent, and proud of it. Imagine sitting in a passenger rail with a book and a nice cup of tea as you’re watching the Cascadian country side pass you, interrupted by a couple villages here and there.