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In reply to the discussion: This Future Map Of The United States Is Way Cooler Than Any Current Map Of The United States [View all]I've been to Europe alot. I've used the trains, the planes, and I've rented automobiles. Going from high density to many places is typcially easy by train. Going from low to high can be a bit more difficult. Going from "low to low" density can take all day, for a trip I can drive is a few hours. Trains are great, when you're going where large number of other people travel regularly, these kinds of mass transit are great. Even busses though tend to be "slow" in the sense that they tend to wander on broad routes, and make alot of stops. Driving ones self can often save you the better part of whole days.
Those train routes are notional, and interesting. But the reality may be significantly less interesting when actual times and frequencies are established.