My wife and I were discussing the scale of the U.S. compared to European countries with our daughter yesterday.
If one were to drive west across Texas from Orange to El Paso the journey is about 870 miles or 1400 km.
The distance from Sennen Cove on the south western tip of Cornwall to John o' Groats the most north eastern point of Scotland is only 840 miles or 1350 km.
The total land area of Texas us 268.82 thousand square miles or 696.24 thousand square kilometers, with a population of 25.6 million in 2011
The total land area of Great Britain is only 80.8 thousand square miles or 209.33 square kilometers, with a population of 61 million in 2011
So Texas has more than 8 times the area but only about 41% of the population of Great Britain
This information is important to consider when discussing things like public and private transportation differences between the States and European countries.
Even states where public transportation would make sense have third-world shithole levels of corruption. How long has California worked on its high-speed rail connecting Sacramento to San Diego?
My wife and I were discussing the scale of the U.S. compared to European countries with our daughter yesterday.
If one were to drive west across Texas from Orange to El Paso the journey is about 870 miles or 1400 km.
The distance from Sennen Cove on the south western tip of Cornwall to John o' Groats the most north eastern point of Scotland is only 840 miles or 1350 km.
The total land area of Texas us 268.82 thousand square miles or 696.24 thousand square kilometers, with a population of 25.6 million in 2011
The total land area of Great Britain is only 80.8 thousand square miles or 209.33 square kilometers, with a population of 61 million in 2011
So Texas has more than 8 times the area but only about 41% of the population of Great Britain
This information is important to consider when discussing things like public and private transportation differences between the States and European countries.
Even states where public transportation would make sense have third-world shithole levels of corruption. How long has California worked on its high-speed rail connecting Sacramento to San Diego?