no... bc hes comparing it to tiny cities/states (which comprise the nation). JUXTAPOSITION. see how that word is now obviously more important than the other? its a sign to learn and internalize that word.
yes it is dude... hes talking about the frequency of finding cars... if you're in a less populated area... or in a place of low gdp per capita... youre probably not going to find the car... hes using a simplified codex of AMERICA to communicate that idea...
...as a response to how prevalent said cars are in Europe. And, you won't believe this. Europe ALSO has a variance in both GDP and population density!!!! And the point of bringing up the US to communicate this idea still remains an absolute mystery to anyone with any sense.
I think youre missing the point...
Europe is highly developed with very low rural communities. Most of Europe is STACKED. super high dense, even their 'rural' communities have 5-10x most of USA's rural population density. Most of USA is not stacked, its rural af.
From Wiki
Rural areas in the United States, often referred to as rural America, consist of approximately 97% of the United States' land area
Rural Europe on the other hand is 80%
If we take the inverse
3% of USA is non-rural
20% of Europe is non-rural
that's a 6.6x multiple of USA. Which is NUTTTY!
think of Germany. 85m people living in a tiny state... its 50% of the size of Texas. which has a population of 35m people.
when people think of the USA they might think of cities, but the vast majority is rural super depopulated areas
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u/Hanchez Feb 19 '25
Calling the US huge was redundant, yes.