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		harryh on July 25, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Live tracking of Amtrak trains I think your observation is correct but there is a bit of a chicken and egg problem here. Does Europe have more and better trains because it has denser cities or does it have denser cities because it has more and better trains? Probably a little bit of both.

samatman on July 25, 2018 [–]

A tiny amount of both and a whole heaping scoop of most places being older than both cars and trains.

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