really there's no thread? just in the local section? i guess we spend too much time hating on las vegas and florida. now we all can hate on cali too.
i saw that article in the times. i know china has tons of money lying around and would LOVE to invest it in something like this, but id rather ride a japanese or french train than a chinese one. im not sure if jr or sncf have 12 billion dollars lying around though.