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It is interesting that this argument is reflexively brought up every time someone mentions infrastructure. It is not the absolute size that matters, it is dens
by anon96707 9y ago
It is interesting that this argument is reflexively brought up every time someone mentions infrastructure.
It is not the absolute size that matters, it is density and clustering degrees. And there are some sparsely populated countries in Europe that manage to build infrastructure just fine.
Population density:
USA: 35.0/km² (90.6/sq mi)
Norway: 15.8/km² (40.9/sq mi)
- Cthulhu_ 9y agoThat doesn't take population spread into consideration though; Norway has most people live in the south, like how most people in Canada live near the south / southeast and how there's huge empty / low population areas in the US compared to the more urbanized east and west coast.
- icebraining 9y ago62.7% of the US population lives in just 3.5% of land area: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2015/cb15-33.html https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2015/cb15-33....
- djrogers 9y agoThe problem with arguments like that is that when you start involving the federal government in anything, the expectation is 100% coverage - not 62.7%.
- rayiner 9y agoIt's worse than that when you account for the fact that rural votes count a lot more than urban votes: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-petrocelli/its-time-to-end-the-electoral-college_b_12891764.html https://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-petrocelli/its-time-t....