• doingthestuff@lemy.lol
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    27 days ago

    That’s only like a 4 hr drive though. I drive farther than that for quick overnight trips all the time.

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      27 days ago

      On a train, your holiday starts the moment you board it.

      You can watch movies, play board games, even do cartwheels if you so wished. With a view that is constantly changing.

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        27 days ago

        Have you never had sardine cargo class seats on a train? Or standing? I’ve experienced both what you described, and also what I described. Most Americans have never experienced either. One thing about a car though, I can blast my tunes with my subs kicking and not piss off the strangers riding next to me. I’ve had a bunch of nice train trips, but I have had hundreds if not thousands of amazing road trips in a car or on a motorcycle.

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      27 days ago

      It’s way more pleasant than a drive. We also have an EV, and while we can make that range, charging infrastructure isn’t good in northwest Wisconsin, and the Twin Cities are falling behind there, too. Southeast Wisconsin and Chicagoland are much better.

      Trains are generally a better environmental option than EVs, anyway, and they can be a more practical option if we fucking try.

      Even as it is, I prefer taking the train on this route if possible.