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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Geoff Mayo: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by George Harris: [qb]The huge cost of the system has more to do with attempting to make all the pressure groups happy than any real cost of building the railroad. [/qb][/QUOTE]And there we have the crucial point in this entire high speed rail debate. Pressure groups, NIMBYs, committees, studies - yet not a single rail laid. For an interesting comparison, try the LGV-Nord (France) which passes precisely midway between two towns (I forget which). Why? Because neither wanted it? No, because both wanted it through their town. The US has a whole mindset to shift which won't be easy, nor will it be right in all cases to do so. But the drivel written and re-posted at the top of this thread is hardly going to help form an educated debate in the general population. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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