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i like the africa comparisons here: http://www.texasmonthly.com/daily-post/how-big-texas-compared-other-land-masses http://www.texasmonthly.com/daily-post/how-

by jrs99 11y ago

i like the africa comparisons here: http://www.texasmonthly.com/daily-post/how-big-texas-compared-other-land-masses http://www.texasmonthly.com/daily-post/how-big-texas-compare... the last line might help people understand why people compare these things: "If you’re the right kind of nerd, you can probably do this forever and not get bored"

arethuza 11y ago
I do these kind of comparisons all the time myself (particularly distances) - I just tend to react that assertions that Europe is "small" which I think are based on the distribution of "interesting" bits within Europe and the US. In Europe a lot of the "interesting" bits cluster together in the middle with a lot of empty bits towards the edges - the US has the opposite layout with major attractions often being on the coasts and the middle getting relatively little attention. [NB Note the sweeping generalisations - I know fine well that there is a lot of cool stuff in the "middle" of the USA as well as lots of fascinating stuff round the periphery of Europe - I'm from Scotland!]