in french Spongebob is translated literally as "bob l'éponge", while patrick star is, of course, "patrick étoile" but squidward, for some reason, is called "Carlo"
Americans by and large don't understand how transformative high speed rail would be. There's a direct train from Barcelona, Spain to Paris, France. It takes 6 hours, tops out at almost 200 mph, and costs $40.
Not $400. $40.
That's like NYC to Columbus for the price of a meal.