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Comment by willmadden

11 days ago

I know why Japan has such good railways, and I can also tell you that this blog article doesn't mention any them.

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black6  11 days ago

The tragedy of the commons doesn't seem to exist in Japan to the same extent it does in Western nations, especially the US. As you said: that's largely due to reasons not mentioned in the article.

  • willmadden  11 days ago

    Hear, hear! Fun fact: Germany was once famous for its on-time trains. You are now lucky if they show up at all.

    • thenthenthen  11 days ago

      This happened in, what like 15 years? The trains are truly a disaster. In 2022 i missed like 3 days of various conferences and workshops because trains would just not come :/