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From: Fallbrook,Calif./Palau del Vidre, France
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The reason America might be different, (other than cultural factors) is that many European cities developed about rail lines, where modern US cities developed where there are freeways but no rail lines. If rail does not come to where the people are, that is a big negative.
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