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How QC and webcomics generally relate to the real USA
Oilman:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 28 Jan 2015, 20:02 ---The US is large enough that Marten couldn't afford to visit his mother. (Or at least that was a convenient excuse).
One way to get a feel for how big it really is is to ride a train. Amtrak through Montana, 79 mph with no restaurant stops, takes almost 12 hours.
QC-land is an anomaly in US terms, in that everybody's home, work, and hangouts are all inside walking distance.
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What, American trains don't have dining cars?
bhtooefr:
Amtrak does have dining cars: http://www.amtrak.com/onboard-the-train-meals-dining
hedgie:
That it is, but unless I'm *really* hungry, at least on the Capital Corridor in CA, I'd rather bring my own food, and just hit the dining car for beer.
explicit:
It technically takes place in MA... I wouldn't eat on those trains. Also, many of us (50%ish) live in Suburbs. Trains don't go there because it's not cost effective.
Oilman:
Catering on British trains used to be a national joke. Now it's just expensive and unmemorable, as opposed to the ticketing system which is almost as incomprehensible as the tax system.
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