Re: Why trains don't catch on here in the "ex-colonies".
Reply #46 –
China doesn't have a lot of cars
Don't they? For Oct 2015, the Chinese auto market was larger than that of the US by of over 400,000. It is true that per capita they have fewer cars than the US (itself a larger marker than Western Europe, new EU countries and Russia combined.) You might say "Or a lot of people that could afford a car", owing to the country's population there well could be as many people that can afford car there as here.
A slightly interesting note on China's economy. I read an analysis that China is actually the world's first mature fascist country. The leaders are communist in name only.