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No it isn't. 40% of the US lives on the coast, which means well over 50% are within 100 miles of a coast. It would be like going to most of Europe, and then so
by amrocha 4y ago
No it isn't. 40% of the US lives on the coast, which means well over 50% are within 100 miles of a coast.
It would be like going to most of Europe, and then someone complaining you didn't see the "real" Europe because you skipped Portugal and Croatia.
- mantas 4y agoThere's a big difference between going to NYC and LA vs visiting small towns close to coast. And visiting a one-sided 50% is still missing a big portion. That's like saying that if you visit Germany/France/UK, you've seen all the europe. Nordics and East be damned because it's less than 50% of population so who cares. But then you end up with very skewed view of what europe is.
- amrocha 4y agoIt's not 50%, it's well over 50%. there's no hard numbers on this, but I would guess it's 70-80%.It's more than most people who live in the US have seen of it. The ones with a skewed view of the US are the ones that think small towns are representative of the country in any major way.
- mantas 4y agoSmall towns as in the rest of US but NYC and LA? Sorry, but I hate this when people claim they „travelled europe“ but turns out they've seen the usual Paris/Rome/London/etc central areas. No, that means you visited those cities. Getting to know a region requires visiting diverse places.