Why don't the Chinese ever thank the Japanese for their high speed railways?

>Public transit sucks
>Nobody uses it because it sucks
>Nobody cares enough to give it more funding since they don't care about it because they don't use it since it sucks.
Also, anything trying to get done in America will be met with multiple interest groups arguing against it no matter who proposes it. Even if the majority want something built a minority of interest groups can delay and obstruct. The system was designed to make change as slow as possible. Meanwhile, if the CCP decides to build a road it's being built no matter what

>90% of the population would literally freak if you tried imposing rails on them instead of driving their own car.
Then why American cars are notorious for crappy quality?

Because we like it like that, most Americans replace their car every 7 years. Why tf do i care if it starts to wear down, just upgrade lmao stupid Argie

Most people here drive foreign cars. They'd rather take their kids from soccer practice with a Japanese car to PF Chang's instead of having them walk/drive bikes/take the bus home today home cooked meal

>multiple interest groups arguing against it no matter who proposes it

Lmao. Our pipeline's been in proposal for a decade. And it'll be another decade to finish building if we can even get it started. If China was in charge, they'd have this shit built in 4 years.

>lobbyists
>environmentalists
>Natives

China wouldn't have given a shit about any of these people.

>China wouldn't have given a shit about any of these people.
and that's why they are based

Yeah lmao they'd just have these people scream HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS and be done with them. I guess the nice part is that if you're in the minority in the west you have an actual voice but it's at the cost of getting fucked on the world stage

Never was. Why would it be?

In the west you get more money from complaining to the government. Natives here can complain about how their "sacred mountain" is being defiled and will take $100M in reparations, all of which is funneled to 5-10 Native chiefs. In China, they tell you to move the fuck out of the way for the new dams, replace your home of equal value, and give you some extra money.

I was looking forward to seeing those new telescopes being built in Hawaii. But of course those fuckers there are complaining about how you cannot build them on top of their Super Special God mountain.

China is socialist, America is capitalist.

is japan socialist too ?

Public transit has a terrible reputation here and the cities and country are far more spread out.

If we established it everywhere then it would cost a fortune, which American taxpayers wouldn't be willing to pay for.

No, just a puppet state funded by the USA that's cramped and an island so it was forced to. China's pace far outstrips Japan.

Probably something to do with having a new government administration every couple of years, that was voter into power based on the promises of undoing what the former government administration did. Four/six/eight year term democracies and long term, nation wide infrastructure projects don't mix well.

>and the cities and country are far more spread out.
Compared to China? The image represents a land mass probably around 65~70% of the USA. The two countries are very similar in size with China having a lot less flat plains and more mountains.

Yes, cities and provinces in China are heavily urbanized, with a massive city-rural divide. In America, city limits can often be as large as Luxembourg.

>giving you the choice is *imposing rail upon you*
Gaze upon the yankee prose and despair.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_by_area

weird looking at a map of china and seeing all the different dynasty warriors levels

Sort by land area

The Chinese public transport isn't making a profit any time soon, it's economic stimulus to promote growth through spending. Billions can be injected to make the economy seem bigger than it really is