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There is though. It's just (mainly) used for agriculture.

by Luc 7y ago

AllegedAlec 7y ago
What? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Population_density_countries_2018_world_map%2C_people_per_sq_km.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Populati... That blackish blob in Europe is the Netherlands.
- arethuza 7y ago
  That's showing the average across the entire country - sounds a bit like the UK where average population density figures for the entire country are a bit misleading as there are substantial chunks of the country that are pretty empty: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/land-cover-atlas-uk-1.744440 https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/land-cover-atlas-uk-1.74...
- brnt 7y ago
  When I am abroad, I tend to describe it as Bangladesh on the Rhine. Your map proves my point ;)
- Luc 7y ago
  Have a look on Google Maps instead. What's north of Amsterdam-North? Fields. It's a political choice, a matter of spatial planning, to live this densly.
  - eecc 7y ago
    There’s also a big toxic waste dump that makes that area verboten for the foreseeable future https://www.volgermeer.nl/Geschiedenis/Stortplaats/ https://www.volgermeer.nl/Geschiedenis/Stortplaats/
  - AllegedAlec 7y ago
    > Even Groningen (the Province) has a population density of 252, about 7 times as high as the US's average of 33.6/km2. How fucking hard it is to read a reply to the same thread which says the exact same thing? There is no part of the Netherlands that is not, on a global scale, not densely populated.
- tnolet 7y ago
  Averages are misleading when applied countrywide. Just drive through Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe etc. (all provinces) and you will get a totally different picture. I actually just landed at Schiphol on a clear day and you can see the country just has so much sparsely populated areas peaking out the window on approach
  - himlion 7y ago
    That's on purpose. You are not allowed to build outside of the core areas. We do this because we don't want it to end up looking like Belgium.
  - AllegedAlec 7y ago
    Even Groningen (the Province) has a population density of 252, about 7 times as high as the US's average of 33.6/km2.

There is though. It's just (mainly) used for agriculture.

by Luc 7y ago

There is though. It's just (mainly) used for agriculture.

What? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Population_density_countries_2018_world_map%2C_people_per_sq_km.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Populati... That blackish blob in Europe is the Netherlands.

arethuza 7y ago
That's showing the average across the entire country - sounds a bit like the UK where average population density figures for the entire country are a bit misleading as there are substantial chunks of the country that are pretty empty: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/land-cover-atlas-uk-1.744440 https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/nr/land-cover-atlas-uk-1.74...
brnt 7y ago
When I am abroad, I tend to describe it as Bangladesh on the Rhine. Your map proves my point ;)
Luc 7y ago
Have a look on Google Maps instead. What's north of Amsterdam-North? Fields. It's a political choice, a matter of spatial planning, to live this densly.
- eecc 7y ago
  There’s also a big toxic waste dump that makes that area verboten for the foreseeable future https://www.volgermeer.nl/Geschiedenis/Stortplaats/ https://www.volgermeer.nl/Geschiedenis/Stortplaats/
- AllegedAlec 7y ago
  > Even Groningen (the Province) has a population density of 252, about 7 times as high as the US's average of 33.6/km2. How fucking hard it is to read a reply to the same thread which says the exact same thing? There is no part of the Netherlands that is not, on a global scale, not densely populated.
tnolet 7y ago
Averages are misleading when applied countrywide. Just drive through Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe etc. (all provinces) and you will get a totally different picture. I actually just landed at Schiphol on a clear day and you can see the country just has so much sparsely populated areas peaking out the window on approach
- himlion 7y ago
  That's on purpose. You are not allowed to build outside of the core areas. We do this because we don't want it to end up looking like Belgium.
- AllegedAlec 7y ago
  Even Groningen (the Province) has a population density of 252, about 7 times as high as the US's average of 33.6/km2.