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In 1976, the French government agreed to start building high-speed rail lines across the country. The first one was opened in 1981.

What if, back in the Oil Crisis of 1973 the Canadian, US and Mexican governments made just as strong commitments to HSR and the so-called "second shock" in 1979 increased that commitment?

What would that ease and speed of mobility across much wider distances do for demographics in and across those three countries? How would it change electoral patterns and results?
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