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Comment by retired

19 hours ago

Things being far apart in the US predates cars. Rail made that possible.

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jeromegv  18 hours ago

Rails encouraged density around the train stations.

Rail is not responsible for the car sprawling type of communities which are mostly a 20th century phenomenon.

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