• azimir@lemmy.ml
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    5 days ago

    But it does help if it’s against a famous name. For example saying “I had a better baseball career than Michael Jordan” can really draw headlines.

    The US hasn’t seriously invested in its infrastructure in 50 years now. I’m glad that India is at least ahead of the US, so it’s a start.

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      5 days ago

      That’s a perfect comparison, actually. I would probably also have a snarky voice in my head while reading that, but I’ve never laid a railroad track or played baseball, so I don’t really have a leg to stand on

      • Baŝto@discuss.tchncs.de
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        Metro rail network length per country isn’t a very useful metric. India already passed Japan.

        As of 2020 the top ten were:

        1. China
        2. United States
        3. India
        4. Japan
        5. South Korea
        6. Russia
        7. Spain
        8. United Kingdom
        9. France
        10. Turkey

        There is country size, population, population density, percentage of population living in urbanized areas … a lot of factorsimportant for metro rail