Train in image good
Wide road in image bad
For all I know those newfangled Chinese trains are almost silent, but from my experience having trains run right outside of your window isn't that great.
Mmmmm..... having lived by both there are trade offs... most cars don’t rattle my windows. Then again I dunno how quiet these trains are compared to US freight or commuter trains.
I've lived in a highway-facing apartment. If they build it right, the walls and windows are insulated well enough that the sound isn't an issue.
Here in Russia they occasionally build those noise barrier wall things on the sides of busy roads if there are houses close enough.
America has those, too, although they tend to be around McMansion communities rather than highrises.
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Most apartment builders can't be bothered to insulate well enough to hide the sound of your upstairs neighbor.
A lot of the older and smaller builds, certainly. Bigger, newer, and more expensive units tend to do better.
Yeah, I know it’s not actually J*pan, but the shape was similar so it jogged my noggin. Thanks though!
But tunnelling allows you to use (or keep using) the land surface for something else, while the elevated track in practice, still monopolises the landuse. So why not put the track on the surface if it's not underground?
Maybe there are other factors like soil conditions or the elevated track doubling as shelter for what seems to be a pedestrian walkway beneath it
Looks like there's some kind of walking/biking path under the raised rail. Additional green space, too.
Maybe this is not the time but have we come to a consensus on the furniture discourse? Like, how do you get a table or even a couch to your house under ideal socialist conditions? Cars can’t even do that but are trucks and public taxis/rentals good? I hope I’m not inviting a struggle session but I’m curious what thoughts are in these here parts.
This also answers the question of "what would we do with all this road infrastructure?" Short term, we do with it exactly what you've described. Long term we'd need a lot less of it.
Like, how do you get a table or even a couch to your house under ideal socialist conditions?
the supplier delivers it to your house
Like, how do you get a table or even a couch to your house under ideal socialist conditions?
Freight elevator, normally. Elevators are the most efficient means of mass transportation ever invented.
