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b0rtb0rttoday at 2:21 AM1 replyview on HN

Japan also has some other differences from america that are required for this system to function


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mitthrowaway2today at 5:05 AM

Yes; however America constructed those differences over the course of the 20th century when they removed rail lines and paved everything over with concrete. In the 1920s and 1930s America was exactly like this, with dense high-frequency train networks connecting even smaller towns, and walkable urban centers.