“So you paid for a subscription to watch Reds baseball this year?”
“That’s right.”
“And the team has been terrible your entire life?”
“That’s correct Dave”
“And you thought that this year would be different?”
“Yes”
“Are the games at least fun to watch?”
“No”
“Is the broadcast at least enjoyable?”
“No Dave”
I don’t want to take a train from Ohio to Florida, I want to be able to hop a train for the weekend from Cincinnati to Columbus. We need intrastate train travel.
The US has one of the largest rail networks on Earth. We just use it for the part that still makes economic sense here: freight.
Passenger rail stopped being viable as a private business shortly after WWII.
Cars took short and medium trips. Airlines took long trips. Highways and airports got massive public investment.
By the 1960s, private railroads were losing money on passenger service, which is why Amtrak was created in 1970 (and it's been losing money ever since)
The US has tons of rail routes, and trains.
They’re just hauling cargo.
You just beat your rival in overtime for the first time in 15 years to cap off a 31-0 season. The only proper way to celebrate is to immediately mother fuck the student section.