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Originally Posted by Bowser
The problem is that everyone around the metro proper has adjusted their lives to being able to drive to whereever they want whenever they want. The sprawl knocks down on traffic here (I've never been stuck in traffic at 2 am like I have been in Chicago).
I guess I just disagree on what light rail could do for the town. I live up by Worlds of Fun, and would happily get on the EL if it took me to Sprint, the airport, or the Stadiums.
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Yeah. And I'd happily take light rail to Paris. It's just not economically feasible to put the infrastructure in place. Hell, the studies have shown that the income couldn't pay for even a fraction of the upkeep. We literally couldn't afford this if it were free to build.
Major metro areas have millions of people in an area of a few miles. We have hundreds of thousands of people in tens of miles. We have one percent of the population density of the cities with light rail, and those cities are losing money hand over fist on the project. It is the biggest boondoggle ever. Clay Chastain is the guy who is always pimping this thing. Guess where he's from...actually, guess where he's NOT from