@evan I like trains, and want to see more/better/cheaper trains, but I live in a place where the geography makes them utterly impractical for international travel. (Scotland: is long and narrow and 700-1000km north of the Channel Tunnel—you *can* get from Edinburgh to Paris by train but it'll take you longer than flying across the Atlantic, and cost more. And that's *with* already-existing high speed rail! The alternative is a ferry, which will take 12-24 hours.)