Californians were scammed by high speed rail

[stopdiggin]

56. perhaps the 2+ hours that are burned on security,

boarding, and sitting on the tarmac - and all the other lovely bits that grace today's 'air travel' experience?
(many would much rather take a stiff beating - although, granted, in large part as in so many other things - we've gradual accustomed ourselves to the abuse)

Riding the rails is, overall, 100 times less miserable and migraine inducing. And then of course there's the footprint ...