This is about the same distance from Washington DC to New Orleans, Paris to Warsaw, or Berlin to St. Petersburg, or Portland to Los Angeles.
This is about the same distance from Washington DC to New Orleans, Paris to Warsaw, or Berlin to St. Petersburg, or Portland to Los Angeles.
The road distance from NY to Chicago is similar to the distance from Beijing to Shanghai (~1300km vs ~1200km). There is one daily direct train from NY to Chicago, with a travel time of 19.5 hours. There are currently 30 daily trains from Beijing to Shanghai, with travel times of 4.5 to 6.5 hours.
🥂 to China if they can get that down to 2.5 hours, but, they’re already living in the future compared to the US and Europe.