The Picard Maneuver to Memes@lemmy.ml • 10 months agoHas anyone tried pitching high speed rail to the 65+ crowd like this before?startrek.websiteimagemessage-square43arrow-up1576arrow-down110
arrow-up1566arrow-down1imageHas anyone tried pitching high speed rail to the 65+ crowd like this before?startrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver to Memes@lemmy.ml • 10 months agomessage-square43
minus-square@CADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink18•10 months agoIf you could get the over 65 set to realize the rail lines will help them get somewhere when their kid is at work, they might go for it. But I’m not sure.
minus-squareThe Picard ManeuverOPlink12•10 months agoI wish we could normalize it everywhere. I think most people would like trains, but only if they didn’t have to also drive and park at a station, which is how so much of the country is set up now.
minus-square@lightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilink5•10 months agoGuarantee that every trip will have a Bullet Train scenario going on and I’m down
minus-square@Crashumbc@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilink2•10 months agoThe main issue isn’t even driving to the station. It’s when you get off at the end and everywhere you want to go needs a car to get there…
minus-square@Etterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•10 months agoYeah but hilariously they’ll all be dead before it’s finished.
minus-squareTurduckenlinkfedilink12•10 months agoA society grows great when old men plant tree they will not sit in the shade of.
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If you could get the over 65 set to realize the rail lines will help them get somewhere when their kid is at work, they might go for it.
But I’m not sure.
I wish we could normalize it everywhere. I think most people would like trains, but only if they didn’t have to also drive and park at a station, which is how so much of the country is set up now.
Guarantee that every trip will have a Bullet Train scenario going on and I’m down
The main issue isn’t even driving to the station.
It’s when you get off at the end and everywhere you want to go needs a car to get there…
Yeah but hilariously they’ll all be dead before it’s finished.
A society grows great when old men plant tree they will not sit in the shade of.
https://youtu.be/7a7sVtnPQug
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/7a7sVtnPQug
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Win-win?
That’s how I convinced my grandpa