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It is possibile to fly into Frankfurt and go from there by train...

And in those few words, you have hit upon the key to the future of successful passenger rail in this country. "Inter-modalism", as Gil Carmichael likes to phrase it.

The idea is to get passenger trains into our airports and use them for short-haul runs similar to Europe. Even the airports get a lift. It's more profitable to use a landing slot for a high-value long-distance flight than for a short commuter hop that could be efficiently handled by rail.

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When you try to restrict the size of the house I can build, how much land I may use for a yard, how big my gargage can be, whether I can have a detached shed, or how close I must get to my neighbors (note: not how far away I can be), or any other stupid, pointless restriction of my property rights, I am naturally outraged. When you do it through a regional growth plan that will not allow me to move out of your control without leaving the state, I am outraged. When you restrict the allowed use of property simply because it has been sold, I am outraged. Shall I go on?

Suppose that restriction is placed on you by the private compacts and covenants of a neighborhood association, something that is extremely common in upscale neighborhoods?