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Theoretically eminent domain still exists but it’s only used to replace black neighborhoods with highways
Not true! It's also used to seize property from existing owners in order to hand it off to private developers (see Kelo v. New London).
But when we want passenger rail we have to buy the land at full price as set by the landowner no matter how much they’re gouging
That's not so much losing your home as it is having it forcibly purchased from you at a fair market price. At least in theory.