Please feel free to correct me on this as it is more of a general thought that anything, but would high speed rail be a way to help with the housing issues that we currently have? If you can get to Medicine Hat in about an hour (trains in Europe routinely go 300km/h or faster), would that entice people to live in Medicine Hat and just commute in everyday? Two hour commute daily for people vs say 1.5 hours in the burbs of Calgary. Throw in housing cost savings, ability to work on the train, and small-town living, maybe it would seem like an interesting proposition for some.
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