My issue here, as is thr case with americans, is that we don't have a great train system (only goes city to city, mostly freight because amtrak is crippled). The rails we have aren't electrified. If U wanted to take the train somewhere, I would need to drive hours to a train station, where I could then go to a handful of cities and it would take a few days to do so. It's also possible the train will be derailed.

This isn't me shitting on trains, this is me shitting on america's train system. Some cities have light rail, and when I could i used that all the time. My daily transport to and from the office was by light rail, because my office was downtown and I happened to find a rental that was a mile from a train stop, not too bad of a walk. Light rail can be great for cities, assuming the city is large enough to support the cost and taxpayers willing to foot the bill. Otherwise you get some "light rail but it's a bus that has a dedicated lane and runs on fossil fuels but hey we don't always ask for fare when you board so it's basically light rail" bullshit.

I no longer live in the city. The city with all the light rail is a two hour drive away. If I didn't have a car, that would mean a 2 hour bus ride, a 2 hour cab ride or if I had a friend out here with a plane and a pilots license willing to fly me, an hour flight from the tiny regional airport. There isn't even bus service here. The town is pretty walkable, although very hilly. But the kicker is that if you need something specific, you need a car. America is not europe. America is a large land with most people spread out and few options for travel besides car. America is car country, and I guess it's infectious. A friend of mine in poland recently bought an american car because they like them or are facinated by them. I don't even understand that. Europe is very well connected with transit and the roads are tiny.. what benefit does a huge american car have there?!

All I am saying is that unless the american people and government get on board it will be near impossible to kill the train lobby that cripples amtrak, expand amtrak, allow competitors, build new rail, electrify it, upgrade our grid to use more renewables (that one is coming slowly), etc. I will always vote this way but I am one vote. I will try to encourage others but you gotta realize half of this country likes to "roll coal" (remove the cat converter and exhaust black smoke near people or protestors, to be obnoxious). They beleive that there is such a thing as "clean coal" and that we've already fixed the environmental impact of burning coal, that anyone who says otherwise is a liberal cuck who is in the pocket of big solar.

America: it's dumber here.