OT: Made in Usa, Owned by China.

[briansd1]

I feel exactly the same as you do, bubblesitter.

Unfortunately Americans who have not been anywhere but on cruises to Mexico or the Carribean believe that our infrastructure is so great.

The problem with Americans is that we don’t travel so don’t see what is going out outside our country.

Asians travel intensively and when they “make it” they save up money to visit America and Europe. Then they want to copy and improve upon what they have seen.

The flip side of poverty in China is there are now 300 million middle class consumers in China.

China has more cell phone subscribers than people in the USA. Everything in China will be the biggest. That mass of consumers give their companies a huge market to develop new products and services (something that America always benefited from).

Education is very important for Chinese families. They push their Children hard to excel. That’s not something that American families share.

[AK]

Biggest obstacles to high-speed rail in CA are right-of-way acquisition costs, terrain, and NIMBY-ism.

Right-of-way: Virtually all of the projected route is privately owned, and it ain’t cheap. We don’t have the option of forcing out the current owners / residents with rubber hoses and tear gas.

Terrain: We have non-trivial mountain ranges to deal with … in earthquake country no less. In contrast the Beijing-Shanghai route is flat as a pancake. Maybe they could extend it as far as Wuhan without problems, but the costs would skyrocket if they tried to build out to Fujian or Guangdong.

NIMBY-ism: Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, and San Jose are already banding together in opposition to high-speed rail. Is this because of “environmental impacts,” or because high-speed rail will diminish the location premium factored into local property values?

It’s not because we (technically) can’t … it’s a matter of feasibility.

[AK]

Biggest obstacles to high-speed rail in CA are right-of-way acquisition costs, terrain, and NIMBY-ism.

Right-of-way: Virtually all of the projected route is privately owned, and it ain’t cheap. We don’t have the option of forcing out the current owners / residents with rubber hoses and tear gas.

Terrain: We have non-trivial mountain ranges to deal with … in earthquake country no less. In contrast the Beijing-Shanghai route is flat as a pancake. Maybe they could extend it as far as Wuhan without problems, but the costs would skyrocket if they tried to build out to Fujian or Guangdong.

NIMBY-ism: Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, and San Jose are already banding together in opposition to high-speed rail. Is this because of “environmental impacts,” or because high-speed rail will diminish the location premium factored into local property values?

It’s not because we (technically) can’t … it’s a matter of feasibility.

[AK]

Biggest obstacles to high-speed rail in CA are right-of-way acquisition costs, terrain, and NIMBY-ism.

Right-of-way: Virtually all of the projected route is privately owned, and it ain’t cheap. We don’t have the option of forcing out the current owners / residents with rubber hoses and tear gas.

Terrain: We have non-trivial mountain ranges to deal with … in earthquake country no less. In contrast the Beijing-Shanghai route is flat as a pancake. Maybe they could extend it as far as Wuhan without problems, but the costs would skyrocket if they tried to build out to Fujian or Guangdong.

NIMBY-ism: Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, and San Jose are already banding together in opposition to high-speed rail. Is this because of “environmental impacts,” or because high-speed rail will diminish the location premium factored into local property values?

It’s not because we (technically) can’t … it’s a matter of feasibility.

[AK]

Biggest obstacles to high-speed rail in CA are right-of-way acquisition costs, terrain, and NIMBY-ism.

Right-of-way: Virtually all of the projected route is privately owned, and it ain’t cheap. We don’t have the option of forcing out the current owners / residents with rubber hoses and tear gas.

Terrain: We have non-trivial mountain ranges to deal with … in earthquake country no less. In contrast the Beijing-Shanghai route is flat as a pancake. Maybe they could extend it as far as Wuhan without problems, but the costs would skyrocket if they tried to build out to Fujian or Guangdong.

NIMBY-ism: Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, and San Jose are already banding together in opposition to high-speed rail. Is this because of “environmental impacts,” or because high-speed rail will diminish the location premium factored into local property values?

It’s not because we (technically) can’t … it’s a matter of feasibility.

[AK]

Biggest obstacles to high-speed rail in CA are right-of-way acquisition costs, terrain, and NIMBY-ism.

Right-of-way: Virtually all of the projected route is privately owned, and it ain’t cheap. We don’t have the option of forcing out the current owners / residents with rubber hoses and tear gas.

Terrain: We have non-trivial mountain ranges to deal with … in earthquake country no less. In contrast the Beijing-Shanghai route is flat as a pancake. Maybe they could extend it as far as Wuhan without problems, but the costs would skyrocket if they tried to build out to Fujian or Guangdong.

NIMBY-ism: Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, and San Jose are already banding together in opposition to high-speed rail. Is this because of “environmental impacts,” or because high-speed rail will diminish the location premium factored into local property values?

It’s not because we (technically) can’t … it’s a matter of feasibility.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=AK] . . . NIMBY-ism: Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, and San Jose are already banding together in opposition to high-speed rail. Is this because of “environmental impacts,” or because high-speed rail will diminish the location premium factored into local property values?[/quote]

. . . AK, I have to ask here, do you blame these residents??

The SD trolley is a technically considered a light rail. Ask homeowners on Woodlawn and Oaklawn Aves in Chula Vista if the noise and “presence” of the SD Trolley doesn’t impact their lives and you’ll get your answer.

[quote=AK]It’s not because we (technically) can’t … it’s a matter of feasibility.[/quote]

In ALL income levels, it will impact the residents lives that are directly affected by the noise and activity of the tracks and its designated “stops.”

[bearishgurl]

[quote=AK] . . . NIMBY-ism: Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, and San Jose are already banding together in opposition to high-speed rail. Is this because of “environmental impacts,” or because high-speed rail will diminish the location premium factored into local property values?[/quote]

. . . AK, I have to ask here, do you blame these residents??

The SD trolley is a technically considered a light rail. Ask homeowners on Woodlawn and Oaklawn Aves in Chula Vista if the noise and “presence” of the SD Trolley doesn’t impact their lives and you’ll get your answer.

[quote=AK]It’s not because we (technically) can’t … it’s a matter of feasibility.[/quote]

In ALL income levels, it will impact the residents lives that are directly affected by the noise and activity of the tracks and its designated “stops.”

[bearishgurl]

[quote=AK] . . . NIMBY-ism: Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, and San Jose are already banding together in opposition to high-speed rail. Is this because of “environmental impacts,” or because high-speed rail will diminish the location premium factored into local property values?[/quote]

. . . AK, I have to ask here, do you blame these residents??

The SD trolley is a technically considered a light rail. Ask homeowners on Woodlawn and Oaklawn Aves in Chula Vista if the noise and “presence” of the SD Trolley doesn’t impact their lives and you’ll get your answer.

[quote=AK]It’s not because we (technically) can’t … it’s a matter of feasibility.[/quote]

In ALL income levels, it will impact the residents lives that are directly affected by the noise and activity of the tracks and its designated “stops.”

[bearishgurl]

[quote=AK] . . . NIMBY-ism: Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, and San Jose are already banding together in opposition to high-speed rail. Is this because of “environmental impacts,” or because high-speed rail will diminish the location premium factored into local property values?[/quote]

. . . AK, I have to ask here, do you blame these residents??

The SD trolley is a technically considered a light rail. Ask homeowners on Woodlawn and Oaklawn Aves in Chula Vista if the noise and “presence” of the SD Trolley doesn’t impact their lives and you’ll get your answer.

[quote=AK]It’s not because we (technically) can’t … it’s a matter of feasibility.[/quote]

In ALL income levels, it will impact the residents lives that are directly affected by the noise and activity of the tracks and its designated “stops.”

[bearishgurl]

[quote=AK] . . . NIMBY-ism: Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, and San Jose are already banding together in opposition to high-speed rail. Is this because of “environmental impacts,” or because high-speed rail will diminish the location premium factored into local property values?[/quote]

. . . AK, I have to ask here, do you blame these residents??

The SD trolley is a technically considered a light rail. Ask homeowners on Woodlawn and Oaklawn Aves in Chula Vista if the noise and “presence” of the SD Trolley doesn’t impact their lives and you’ll get your answer.

[quote=AK]It’s not because we (technically) can’t … it’s a matter of feasibility.[/quote]

In ALL income levels, it will impact the residents lives that are directly affected by the noise and activity of the tracks and its designated “stops.”

[bearishgurl]

So, yes, light rail will diminish property values in the immediate area of its tracks/stops.

It is what it is.

The “future” affected homeowners in Santa Clara County aren’t dumb.

[bearishgurl]

So, yes, light rail will diminish property values in the immediate area of its tracks/stops.

It is what it is.

The “future” affected homeowners in Santa Clara County aren’t dumb.

[bearishgurl]

So, yes, light rail will diminish property values in the immediate area of its tracks/stops.

It is what it is.

The “future” affected homeowners in Santa Clara County aren’t dumb.

[bearishgurl]

So, yes, light rail will diminish property values in the immediate area of its tracks/stops.

It is what it is.

The “future” affected homeowners in Santa Clara County aren’t dumb.

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