The US on average has something like an 1/8 the population density of England. Hell, I think even the lowest density Western European nations it's still like 3 to 1 - hence the old saw "In America anything over a hundred years is old, and in Europe, anything over 100 miles is far.Termite wrote:I've heard the same thing from the young British soccer coaches who run the summer soccer camps for Challenger Sports around the country. They are amazed at the size of the USA. It boggles their minds that Orange, Texas to El Paso, Texas, is 850 miles. That one state, Texas, is the size of France.
Driving In New Mexico
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HTRN
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Re: Driving In New Mexico
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Re: Driving In New Mexico
Almost true. Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland are the exceptions, and they all have lower density than the US. And I would count all of them as Western European.HTRN wrote:The US on average has something like an 1/8 the population density of England. Hell, I think even the lowest density Western European nations it's still like 3 to 1 - hence the old saw "In America anything over a hundred years is old, and in Europe, anything over 100 miles is far.
But I'd say the quote is still pretty true for those countries as well.
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