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rural trains are amazing, on the branch line near me there are stations in the middle of nowhere with like maybe 50 people tops within bike distance of the station, it's absolutely idyllic.
imagine living like that and being able to just step into a moving building that takes you to a big city full of amenities, it's so good.
Yep, when people start talking about how rural trains make no sense or are impossible, I immediately think of where my relatives live in Norway. It's so nice, and I'm jealous.
They're great, I've lived in Europe. But they just don't exist yet most places.
We've actually regressed in my little US state (South Dakota). My grandma used to talk about taking the train to some little towns. We also used to have more buses and taxis when I was a kid. My parents used to put us on a bus in the summer so we could work in the fields (which I know doesn't sound like stellar parenting, and I'm not recommending it, but it really was a different time).
it's not "yet", it's "anymore".
most of the west used to have rural trains basically everywhere, even northern sweden was full of lines. Then around the 60's we all got rid of them.
The dream