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 +A hundred years ago these regions were characterized by denser villages, trains, and wide stretches of forests and farmland in between. They were set up this way because it was practical for people who walked or relied on horse carts to get around day-to-day, and who traveled to use a boat or a steam train for a longer trip. A solarpunk society that doesn’t want to rebuild the infrastructure(s) to produce and maintain personal vehicles, fuel them, and to drive them on, might have to look pretty similar. 
  
 At least in the northeast US, communities were linked by trains within living memory. You used to be able to get on a train in several of the small towns I've lived in and ride it all the way to major cities. The tracks are still there. I grew up on stories from my grandparents of riding a horse and wagon (and later a Model A) into town and getting on the train, and they used the train to sell eggs and blocks of ice cut from the lakes (sometimes called the winter crop) to markets in Boston. At least in the northeast US, communities were linked by trains within living memory. You used to be able to get on a train in several of the small towns I've lived in and ride it all the way to major cities. The tracks are still there. I grew up on stories from my grandparents of riding a horse and wagon (and later a Model A) into town and getting on the train, and they used the train to sell eggs and blocks of ice cut from the lakes (sometimes called the winter crop) to markets in Boston.