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You just better have a damn good conductor.

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"But are they realistic?" Are you f**king for real? The USA developed these beauties and we're the only nation that wont use them. What sort of assh**es have been running this nation for the past 25 years? We've fallen so far behind in everything from Education to Transportation.

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This should be interesting to see. I used to ride one of the first Bullet Trains in Japan. They are super fast but you hardly would know it because they ride so smooth and very quiet. This is back in the late 60's when my dad was stationed in the Air Force there and my mother would visit her relatives far from the Air base. Those trains were extremely clean and you'd think you were riding 1st class. Beautiful view of the ocean, countryside with rice paddies and primitive homes until you get to the bigger city. And such a very quiet ride! I hope here in the U.S. people get the chance to experience the same. Cross my fingers.

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Mile, the U.S. is a big wide spread country compared to other countries on this earth. Japan is a very small country compared to the U.S. and so homes and businesses were built close to each other with very narrow roads except for the country. Lots of wide open spaces there but hardly no businesses. There were cars on the roads but alot of people enjoyed taking the train to get to where they needed to go for shopping or to attend school and etc. Trains were their major transportation and I really enjoyed it. In the U.S. there was really no need for trains during the era I was in Japan ( 60's to 70's ) because the roads were big enough to commute by car. But, I suppose everything changes as years go by and it's more populated here in the U.S. and so now we are deciding on high speed trains. And nothing is wrong with that years later.

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I would much rather have it that way. Save on gas, no need to concentrate on heavy, dangerous or aggressive drivers. The air would be so much more healhier to breath I would imagine. The U.S. wouldn't have to depend on oil so much and we'd all be in better shape physically. The layout plan for designing a community would focus more on pedestrians then it would cars and so we could walk just about anywhere as it is like in Japan. I live in Wisconsin and it just seems so strange to me that you hardly see anyone walking anywhere except around their house or by a store. Otherwise, it's just drivers everywhere and that just seems so unhealthy to me. Just what we need, a car and fast food restaurants that sell burgers and fries all day. Speaking of fast foods, gosh, the food industry really needs to lay off all those fried burgers and fries and whatever else they sell to clog our arteries. Trust me, it happened to my dad. Three major arteries clogged near his heart because back in his days, people were'nt as concious about their health as they are now.. well except for the fast food industry which could really give a crap about your health. Sorry, I went off the subject but just trying to run a point across as to how much healthier we could be if we walked a little each day.

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I wish i'd travel in those trains.. waiting for that moment! :D<a class="user" href="http://www.themelroseinn.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.themelroseinn.com/&lt;/a&gt;

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The Shinkansen is a very comfortable train. It really is lots of fun to ride in. What is interesting is that when driving to Tokyo Station from Nagoya it takes only 1 hour 40 minutes. Japan getting 320kmh Shinkansen E5 bullet train in 2011.<a class="user" href="http://www.asiarooms.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.asiarooms.com/&lt;/a&gt;

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