> I have this exact gripe with anything and everything that compares the US with other countries, some states are huge, bigger than multiple European countries

> I have this exact gripe with anything and everything that compares the US with other countries, some states are huge, bigger than multiple European countries And a lot of those huge states are filled with a whole lot of nobody. The US population is fairly concentrated: one-third lives in a county on a coastline: * https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/07/millions-of-americans-live-coastline-regions.html https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/07/millions-of-a... And two-thirds live with-in 100 miles (160 km) of the border: * https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone 80% lives in urban areas: * https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/urban-rural/ua-facts.html https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/g... Yes, the US and particular states are big, but where people actually live is in a much smaller area. Concentrate infrastructure spending there.