Meanwhile private rail is connecting cities in Florida. Somehow with less fuss.

Something about blue states make progress on basic things costly, time consuming, and difficult. Every stakeholder needs their say. Any NIMBY can veto. The loudest, most obnoxious snowflakes dominate public comment. And officials don’t tell them to STFU.

And I don’t see a lot of appetite for soul searching in these states. Just “let’s raise taxes”

You don’t have to convince me we have a broken society where the oligarchs have too much power+wealth. But I’m also not willing to pay more taxes without blue states removing veto points on these projects so can’t easily be derailed by every dumb special interest.

We’re all paying more so loudest amongst can derail and shape progress on important issues.

> Meanwhile private rail is connecting cities in Florida. Somehow with less fuss.

I wouldn't cite that as a success story, Brightline is going bankrupt: https://www.wlrn.org/business/2026-01-23/brightline-business...