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It's even worse in Canada where 50% of the population literally lives in a straight line in Ontario/Quebec
And we've been "studying" high speed rail in that corridor for roughly 40 years now. One of these days we'll build it, I swear!
I think the big problem with Canada, the US, the UK, and other former British colonies is that the legal system gives private property owners a lot of rights.
In places like France or China the government can just say “we’re building this” without a lot of public input. But the second CA put out their high speed rail proposal it was met with hundreds of lawsuits over eminent domain.