Originally it was going to be “over the last twenty years” but I decided to be more flexible.

A lot of discussions about how society has changed or how the world is different always circle around to smartphones, social media, “no one talks to each other in person, they’re on their phones always” and the like.

Outside of those topics, what else has changed, by your perception?

  • Lowpast@lemmy.world
    134·
    3 days ago

    Ahh yes, trade 6 hours for a 3 day, $400 train ride to NYC.

    Lmfao what a shit suggestion

    • rImITywR@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      3 days ago

      With the current level of train infrastructure and service, I agree with you. That is why domestics flights are a thing. But trains would be a much better choice if rail wasn’t actively defunded and sabotaged for the last 70 years or so.

      Its this lack of imagination of what could be (and already exists around the world) that makes everyone laugh at Americans.

      • Lowpast@lemmy.world
        63·
        3 days ago

        Even with high speed rail you’re looking at 30+ hours from Seattle to NYC. And that’s optimistic, ignoring the numerous alpine mountains. No thanks.

        • AA5B@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 days ago

          Why do people always go here?

          • Fine: coast to coast, north to south should have flights. However almost all domestic flights are shorter and most of those are between city pairs where rail could be more efficient.
          • Fine: keep your bush pilots and feeder airlines, but 80% of the population is in metro areas.
          • high speed rail advocates generally speak in terms of population density and distance for choosing the right option: generally city pairs less than 500 miles apart can be more efficiently served by rail. That’s most cities in the US, and metro areas are 80% the population

          We don’t need to argue about it not being absolute,if you can recognized the predominant needs