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Originally Posted by Jessica Leigh
this is what i'm talking about. we don't have these commuter trains you are talking about (well, in a few rare places) i would love to take a train to work and only use my car for pleasure or getting to/ from the train station. and yes i know, the reason we don't have a good public transit system is because we're spoiled by cheap gas and we don't even get out of our cars to get fast food. nice stereotype... yes it's true that some people are overweight and eat fast food all of the time- but i'm sure there are some of those people in every country.
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No, the reason we don't have good public transit in America is because big business and the government have promoted personal automobiles and gas consumption for decades because of the money it generates.