Last year's current route from Atlanta, GA to Washington, DC was 13 hours.

> I took a train when I moved from Alabama to the DC metro area last year

Care = none. We're talking high-speed rail here, not 60 years old trainsets on shit lines.

The commenter I replied to had said: "Being from India (where the rail system is awesome, even though its not high speed [...]", so we were talking non-high-speed for the purposes of this comparison of how he prefers rail to driving, and I prefer driving to rail. However, you're certainly under no obligation to care. :)

Uh no it's not, at a party you're supposed to talk to people and socialize. In a train you're supposed to do your own stuff and not bother other travelers.

Again, "Also, I dont understand people who prefer driving 8 hours, rather than sitting in a train, stress free and can actually use their time to work/read/socialize", you can see I was responding to ujjwalg, who'd offered up his experience with India's non-high-speed, socializing-appropriate trains. :)

Anyway, it sounds like you're talking about commuting, which I do take a train for, and which I'd be happy to take high-speed rail for, if it was easy to do. I don't mind being on a train for 30 minutes when I have someplace to be. Actually taking hours-long trips by train, however, is not my thing, especially since anyplace a train serves is likely to be served by plane as well, more quickly.