[gradys]

The key feature of the NEC is that the cities are large and close together. This is true almost nowhere else in the country.

[sofixa]

It's true in the Pacific Northwest, the Midwest, Texas, Florida, California. Rail is still mostly shit over medium distances there, although finally there are concrete efforts being made in California, Texas and Florida to fix that.

[mikeocool]

Fair, though if we invested in high speed rail a lot more cities would be within 4-5 hours of each other (and have the added advantage that the train would be consistently be faster than driving).