Migrating to a train based society in the US is essentially an astronomical economic failure. From my understanding, NYC, Chicago and possibly San Francisco could be connected by train and make it work. Any other city in the US would be a financial nightmare. AOC does have the right idea but she is fucking stupid and nobody told her the reality of this idea. San Diego and Dallas invest heavily in mass transit but in reality; their systems are basically useless. Think about for 1 simple minute. To make this work like it does in NYC, you have to be able to walk to and from a station. Most US cities where developed around a car culture. Where I lived in Japan, I didn’t need a car because I could walk across the street to bus stop (buses come on time) and then switch to the subway and then walk to work.  Housing would have to convert to apartments and companies would have to move to office buildings of high rise proportions. Shopping would also have to convert to basement style shops. People would also have to change their supermarket habits and learn to shop for 2-3 days at a time compared to fill the trunk mentality of today. Restructuring of stations, housing and companies would basically mean massive infrastructure changes. Street cars and buses could take over but still, do you want to get fucked up by some nigger going ballistic on your way to work? What would be good? 20 years of massive explosion of infrastructure development and a huge amount of salaries being paid. But who would fund this? The middle class? The rich already employ tax policies and shield their wealth. So, do you rewrite a million page tax code? Sure, can do! But now you just gave an incentive for rich people from investing and building more wealth which means a lack of funding. Sadly, like Bernie, AOC can’t see beyond the popularity of such ideas.