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the population density of the US is tiny compared to countries that have good mass transit, South Korea has a population density 15X the US, its more dense then oklahoma city. Even look at the netherlands and oklahoma is 4X the size and one quarter the population, and there are 15 states less dense then oklahoma. The US population isnt evenly distributed, 1/3 the population lives in california,texas,florida or the corridor from washington DC to boston yet that only accounts for 1/14th the land, most of the US is farmland with a house here or there maybe a town of a 1000 people. oklahoma on has 3 cities outside of tulsa and oklahoma city over 40,000 people the rest are small little places where mass transit does no good because a town with a 1000 people wont have enough commuters.

also the budget to maintain the system would be huge. NYC MTA budget is 650 million, and in debt, realistically then need a billion a year, and thats for 1500 miles of track, to cover the US we would need 36 million miles to keep the same track per mile of NYC, so the cost would be 24T a year to maintain, not to mention a build cost. Thats twice GDP, 10X total US budget just to maintain it. So it is too expensive to put mass transit throughout the US, and its not even close to reasonable.