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As compared to France?

• TylerE 6y ago
  France is 1/3rd higher, and it's centered in relatively fewer big cities - Paris alone is one quarter of the total population of France - no area in the US comes close. In the US it's worse than the density alone would suggest... because 80% of the country right in the middle geographically has a density that is for all intents and purposes zero.
  • octoberfranklin 6y ago
    You don't think there are France-sized regions in the US that have greater-than-French density? Why don't those regions have these trains if density is the only problem?
    • TylerE 6y ago
      They do. They’re the North East corridor (DC to Boston) and Southern California. The only two areas where Amtrak has ever turned a profit.
    • Gibbon1 6y ago
      France: Pop 67,153,000, Area 247,368 sq mi California: Pop 39,512,223, Area 163,696 sq mi Population density is about the same. 270 vs 240 people per sq mi. Also running rail through flat low density area's tends to be cheap.
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