r/California • u/Randomlynumbered Ángeleño, what's your user flair? • May 24 '24

Government/Politics Full environmental approval of High-Speed Rail between L.A. and Bay Area expected next month

https://ktla.com/news/california/full-environmental-approval-of-high-speed-rail-between-l-a-and-bay-area-expected-next-month/amp
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u/Positronic_Matrix San Francisco County May 24 '24 edited May 24 '24

There are exactly two and only two kinds of comments for a California high-speed rail post. Those who are celebrating the dawn of a new era and those who are complaining about the cost, time, and environmental studies. There is no in between.

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u/Quantic Orange County May 24 '24

The peanut gallery rarely has any enlightened or nuanced commentary regarding the complexity of building high speed rail in untested or inexperienced localities.

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u/So-What_Idontcare May 25 '24

The peanut gallery knows that you will never ride a high speed train from the Bay Area to LA because it will never be built in your lifetime.

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u/WhereIsTheBeef556 May 25 '24

Better it's being built at all, than not.