From: jgrove24@hotmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 7:39:24 AM UTC-6, Matt wrote:   
   > Dänk 42Ø  wrote in    
   > news:4qqdnb1zEpVsREzJnZ2dnUU7-VudnZ2d@earthlink.com:   
   >    
   > > On 02/04/2015 06:48 AM, de Blasfail wrote:   
   > >    
   > >> Metro-North is the nation's second-busiest railroad, after the   
   > >> Long Island Rail Road. It was formed in 1983 and serves about   
   > >> 280,000 riders a day in New York and Connecticut.   
   > >>   
   > >> Metro-North is the nation's second-busiest railroad, after the   
   > >> Long Island Rail Road. It was formed in 1983 and serves about   
   > >> 280,000 riders a day in New York and Connecticut.   
   > >    
   > > Stupid crash aside, am I the ONLY westerner who wonders why the   
   > > east coast enjoys such lavish rail service while western states   
   > > have almost no rail service at all?   
   >    
   > Probably because the East Coast has been investing in infrastructure for a    
   > hundred years or more. NY set aside over a billion to build a new subway    
   > line 20 years ago.   
   >    
   > You live in the west where they love their cars. Deal with it.   
   >    
   > Matt   
      
   Most of the newly built light rail lines have been built in the "west",   
   Denver, Dallas, Phoenix, Portland, Seattle, all using partial Federal funding.   
      
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