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0 pointsPinguTS11y ago0 comments

Sorry, but that is BS. SF too small? Really.

Go and visit other countries in the world. Public transportation works pretty well also in smaller cities with a couple 100.000 people. Go look to Nuremberg, Germany with about 500.000 people. Go look to Jena, Germany with about 100.000 people. Cities in France or Spain or Estland or Lithuania. Look in Denmark or Sweden.

The reason in the US is simple: you love cars.

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kordless11y ago

We love cars simply because of the fact we could fit all of Europe INSIDE the US and still have room left over for Japan, the Philippines and a few other Asian countries.

It's about the only way to get around if you are traveling from one state to another - which we frequently do. Also, ~330M people.

PinguTSOP11y ago

You are traveling cross country with your car? o.O

Yes, a road trip in the US is cool, but I would never ever do it for just getting somewhere.

There is another nice public transport system called airplanes. Works pretty well, is comfortable, and is fast. It works also pretty well in the US. I used it several times as my frequent millage card tells me.

BTW: The US aren't that big compared to Europe. Don't mix up US and Russia, which interestingly many Amercians do, as they believe that the US is the biggest country in the world. Actually, Russia is the biggest country in the world, size wise.

arethuza11y ago

That's kind of odd as Europe (the Continent - 10,180,000 km2) is actually larger in area than the United States (the Country - 9,826,675 km2).

I take it you mean the EU - which covers less than half the area of Europe?

kordless11y ago

Yes, you are correct. I pulled up a map off Google that overlayed 'europe' over the continental US. That map omitted Ukraine and Turkey, which are included in Europe (among other non-EU countries).

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0 pointsPinguTS11y ago0 comments

Sorry, but that is BS. SF too small? Really.

The reason in the US is simple: you love cars.

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kordless11y ago

We love cars simply because of the fact we could fit all of Europe INSIDE the US and still have room left over for Japan, the Philippines and a few other Asian countries.

It's about the only way to get around if you are traveling from one state to another - which we frequently do. Also, ~330M people.

PinguTSOP11y ago

You are traveling cross country with your car? o.O

Yes, a road trip in the US is cool, but I would never ever do it for just getting somewhere.

arethuza11y ago

That's kind of odd as Europe (the Continent - 10,180,000 km2) is actually larger in area than the United States (the Country - 9,826,675 km2).

I take it you mean the EU - which covers less than half the area of Europe?

kordless11y ago

Yes, you are correct. I pulled up a map off Google that overlayed 'europe' over the continental US. That map omitted Ukraine and Turkey, which are included in Europe (among other non-EU countries).

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