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China is the same size as US. Somehow, they have HSR

They have a lot of HSR.

About 15,000 miles at the moment, with another 10,000 on the way.

China spent a lot of money over the last ten years on HSR.

The US spent a lot of money on war.

Why do you pick San Francisco to Atlanta of all pairs of cities? How about Atlanta and Charlotte? Atlanta and Nashville? Dallas and Oklahoma City? Dallas and Houston? Dallas and Memphis? Memphis and Nashville? Nashville and Louisville? Louisville and Cincinnati? Cincinnati and Cleveland? Cleveland and Chicago? Chicago and St Louis? Chicago and Milwaukee? St Louis and Kansas City? Boston and New York? New York and DC? DC and Philadelphia? Philadelphia and Pittsburgh? Pittsburgh and Cleveland? These pairs are all in the sweet spot of where high speed rail makes an incredible amount of sense. And lots of the people driving or flying between them regularly would much rather take a comfortable train.

Canadians do. I dont know how you get along so well given how crammed together you all are. Pretty much every state can be driven across in under a day.

China is the same size as the US.