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Construction Begins on High-Speed Rail Line Between SoCal and Las Vegas (timesofsandiego.com)

submitted 7 months ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] mojo_raisin@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

There are 2 million people that live here and many don't have anything to do with gambling. Your comment is like calling Hawaii a bunch of surfers.

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

35% of Nevada's general fund revenue comes from gambling. 0% of Hawaii's comes from surfing.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Tourism is Hawaii's biggest industry, and to say nothing comes of one of their greatest draws is patently absurd.

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Tourism isn't surfing.

Also Hawaii would be populated without surfers or tourism.

Hawaii doesn't require massive infrastructure to be habitable. Vegas is largely uninhabitable without it (just read up in the experience of the Mormons in Nevada).

Vegas only exists because the mafia promoted and controlled gambling. Saying otherwise is disingenuous, at best.

[–] whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago

I mean, surfing was invented in Hawai'i and historically everyone did surf.