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I wonder how much land in Europe is more than 200km away from a major city. Not much, I think.

jokethrowaway 5y ago
Even if it ended up as a nuclear conflict (and I think it's highly unlikely - everyone has too much to lose) between China / Russia vs the West they probably wouldn't bomb minor countries. What's more likely to be nuked, London or Tirana?
- throwmeariver1 5y ago
  If there are thousands of nukes flying around and hitting targets all over the world it doesn't really matter where you life. You are absolutely right you won't die because of an impact or direct radiation in Tirana but you will die from nuclear fallout of many destroyed nuclear power plants or just because the sky turns dark for weeks or months.
vladvasiliu 5y ago
Depending on your definition of major, there are quite a bunch of places in France that would be more than 200 km away from one. Only 7 "urban areas" have more than 1 M inhabitants. Of those, the first two have almost 25% of the country's total population [0]. Also, I'd expect the huge and sparsely populated Nordic countries to fit the bill, too. [0] https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_aires_urbaines_de_France https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_aires_urbaines_de_Fr...
- hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
  Another take is, would you like to live in a world like that? Me, not necessarily. But frankly, I don't believe a nuclear war is imminent. In spite of what we see in the new, Putin's army is moving on steadily and occupying more and more areas he wanted to have. At some point Ukraine will lose access to the sea. Then Putin can say, OK, I agree to peace - but he will never give the occupied areas back. And good luck getting these cities back without killing your own people - this is a completely different situation than defending a city that hasn't been captured yet. Nuclear war would be possible if NATO decided to intervene. But they are crystal clear they will not and nukes are the only reason. Everybody is sending a lot of help, but not a single soldier (even though some individuals want to go on their own - but that's a completely different story than a military intervention).

Even if it ended up as a nuclear conflict (and I think it's highly unlikely - everyone has too much to lose) between China / Russia vs the West they probably wouldn't bomb minor countries. What's more likely to be nuked, London or Tirana?

throwmeariver1 5y ago
If there are thousands of nukes flying around and hitting targets all over the world it doesn't really matter where you life. You are absolutely right you won't die because of an impact or direct radiation in Tirana but you will die from nuclear fallout of many destroyed nuclear power plants or just because the sky turns dark for weeks or months.

vladvasiliu 5y ago

Depending on your definition of major, there are quite a bunch of places in France that would be more than 200 km away from one. Only 7 "urban areas" have more than 1 M inhabitants. Of those, the first two have almost 25% of the country's total population [0]. Also, I'd expect the huge and sparsely populated Nordic countries to fit the bill, too. [0] https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_aires_urbaines_de_France https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_aires_urbaines_de_Fr...

hdjjhhvvhga 5y ago
Another take is, would you like to live in a world like that? Me, not necessarily. But frankly, I don't believe a nuclear war is imminent. In spite of what we see in the new, Putin's army is moving on steadily and occupying more and more areas he wanted to have. At some point Ukraine will lose access to the sea. Then Putin can say, OK, I agree to peace - but he will never give the occupied areas back. And good luck getting these cities back without killing your own people - this is a completely different situation than defending a city that hasn't been captured yet. Nuclear war would be possible if NATO decided to intervene. But they are crystal clear they will not and nukes are the only reason. Everybody is sending a lot of help, but not a single soldier (even though some individuals want to go on their own - but that's a completely different story than a military intervention).