[Dagnabitt]

There are some places in the world where high-speed trains might make sense and find a real market. Between some city pairs in Europe and maybe along the U.S. eastern seaboard.

Between sprawling, no-center LA and anywhere, however, is a loser.

This is just euro-envy techporn for liberal hipsters.

[Carry_Okie]

Between sprawling, no-center LA and anywhere however, is a loser.

It's more than that. Consider maintaining perfectly straight and level road beds for a high speed anything over unstable and expansive clay soils traversing multiple earthquake faults.

This is just euro-envy techporn for liberal hipsters.

Nope, it's a real estate scam. They've already destroyed the value of the land by cutting off the water and will buy at a pittance. They'll build insta-cities along the corridor surrounded by "greenbelts" off the tax rolls thus squeezing on every inch with air pollution regs so tight NOBODY will be ALLOWED to drive. They they'll force suburban homeowners to relocate, squeezing tight on developments that cost little to build but selling very dear. That is the Agenda 21 in action, every bit the same as China's ghost cities in the desert.

[SoCal Pubbie]

A high speed train from LA/OC to Las Vegas might be viable.