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dedoubt t1_izikt9r wrote

Reply to comment by bluestargreentree in Please Bring the Amtrak To Bangor by PhiloBlackCardinal

>driving will always be more convenient

If I want to get from home in Unity to visit family in NH and back, I need a 45 minute car ride from someone to a bus that takes 3 1/4 hours with five stops, or a 1 1/2 hours ride to a train that takes almost 2 hours with 4 stops, then with either, another 45 minute car ride from someone- EACH WAY. Between tickets and gas, it costs $35-95.

If I drive myself, it's a bit over a 5 hour round trip that costs about $30 in gas.

I don't expect Maine to ever have good public transportation because we just don't have the population to support it, but damn, it would be nice.

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BuddyBear17 t1_iziuhd1 wrote

With climate migration, that population density will come, but it's still a generation away.

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dedoubt t1_izjksz4 wrote

Even with the migration, I'll bet most people will settle in southern Maine and that won't bring infrastructure changes further north. It'll probably become one gross giant city from Providence to Portland.

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