We do have trains in the US, they’re just awful in most places.
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SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 20 hours ago
What english speaking country has both ‘high school’ and trains?
Kolanaki@pawb.social 16 hours ago
suddenlyme@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
Australia
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 20 hours ago
England
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 19 hours ago
England doesn’t have high school, here it’s secondary school and sixth form
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
I went to a high school in England. We had first (1-4) middle (5-8) high school (9-11).
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
I also had this format but apparently it’s not usual. I’m guessing by your username you’re Scottish, or at least Northern
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 18 hours ago
When/where was this? I thought the system I had in east anglia was standard across the country
bytesonbike@discuss.online 10 hours ago
I live in three different cities and in those cities, people use train, subway, and trolley interchangeably.
howrar@lemmy.ca 18 hours ago
We have both of these things in Canada.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 20 hours ago
American cities have limited local rail networks, at least some. Like New York and Boston and err, the other ones…
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Chicago is fairly well known for having trains as well. That said, I’ve never lived somewhere in the U.S. where you wouldn’t hear train horns at some point usually freight, but transport does happen as well. Dropped someone off at the train station in Nashville so they could go visit family in Michigan a little while back
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 18 hours ago
Ahh I see, I guess it doesn’t rule out the tweeter being American then
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Yeah, the U.S. has something like 140,000 miles of railroads, 14x that of of a country like the UK, but because the U.S. is so massive, it is just inconvenient for most travelers, so it gets used mostly for freight shipping. (Also most of it is not high speed rails, so for many, it doesn’t make the trip for efficient time and or price wise, knowing they will likely still need to rent a car when they get to their destination)
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 17 hours ago
Yup turns out the tweeter is in LA
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
“And the rest…here on Gilligans Island!!!”
HexaBack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 hours ago
Chicago
titanicx@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
We have trains in Utah, and high schools.
Thunderwolf@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
We haven’t been known for trains in a while, but America
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 19 hours ago
I guess he could have meant subway by train
titanicx@lemmy.zip 16 hours ago
We already have light rail and even heavy rail commuter trains in many places.
nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 18 hours ago
New York City