tenshiko comments on Procedural Knowledge Gaps - Less Wrong

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Comment author: tenshiko 07 February 2011 03:05:57PM *  5 points [-]

Civics, at least in my area of the United States, is mainly education about government and ethics. I do believe they may discuss how to vote and other information that would be useful to the democratic process, but nothing like going onto trains. (Although in the United States, this could only ever discuss the subway, and only in certain metropolitan areas - culturally, the elegant train is dead here, which is sad, since I've had much more positive travel experiences on trains than planes.)

Comment author: knb 07 February 2011 11:18:54PM 0 points [-]

Intercity rail is very common here in the northeast.

Comment author: tenshiko 07 February 2011 11:36:34PM 0 points [-]

Ahahahahahahaha where do you live take me with you now. The last time I checked, northern Virginia qualified as the Northeast and the Metro is the only thing like that for miles and miles.

Comment author: knb 08 February 2011 12:04:01AM 0 points [-]

Virginia will always be the south to me. I live in Philadelphia, so for local public transit we have elevated rail, subway, electric trolley bus, light rail, and intercity commuter rail. And then of course there is the high-speed Acela Express connecting the rest of the Northeast Corridor.