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The US has so much space (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] lemmytellyousomething@lemmy.dbzer0.com 103 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Just take the train...

Oh, sorry, my European mind did not realize that that option doesn't exist over there.....

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 37 points 8 months ago (2 children)

We have trains, they'll just take 2-3x as long.

And I'm not really exaggerating, to get from SLC to Denver would take 15 hours (and departs at 3:30AM; no other options), vs ~8 hours in a car. Oh, if you want a sleeper car with a bunkbed, that'll be 2x the cost of a hotel room.

So yeah, it's an option, just a really crappy one.

[–] Sprawlie@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Took the train from Toronto to NYC in 01. No thanks. Never again. Will drive if I can.

[–] books@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Even if it was Europe it would be a train from nowhere to nowhere.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 2 points 8 months ago

Alas!