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The European mind just cannot comprehend such distances
Finland: 17 hours from Utsjoki to Helsinki.
Norway: 36 hours from Vardø to Lindsenes.
Sweden: idk why you’d go thereMy european mind doesn’t give a shit about the us , it doesn’t even think of it .
Yep, I cannot comprehend how there is so much space allocated to so few people and they still drown in one fucking housing crisis after another.
If you are going to gobble up that much space for yourselves on this planet that we all share, stop fucking around and put it to good use!
The housing crisis has zero to do with available space, except that in the hubs of industry, like silicon valley, there are more people wanting to live there than there’s space. That’s not true across the country.
But no one is going to build a house in the middle of nowhere to help with housing because (a) hardly anyone wants to live in the middle of nowhere, away from all the jobs, and (b) the people building housing are motivated to get as much money as they can.
We as a society could 100% solve the housing crisis, but it involves socialism, not capitalism, which a lot of Americans still have a problem with. The solution isn’t constrained by space, which the US has tons of.
I’m all for the socialism, but could we also get the homestead act back? Free land and a grant to build a house if we’re willing to go rural as fuck and grow our own food. Maybe combine with eco friendly stuff. Have to build a cob house, must use ecologically safe farming techniques.
People want to live next to people, and in specific areas. You can buy a nice house in bumfuck nowhere for cheap, or you can get an apartment in Austin for much more.
In northern Canada you could drive that long without even seeing another person lol
Sounds like heaven
In winter it probably looks like heaven too.
Welcome to Finland.
If I could move to any country in the world, it would be Finland. Cleanest air and water in the world. Here in salt lake city Utah, we have a magnesium facility for national security purposes due to China cornering the market that puts a lot of very nasty stuff in the air. Due to our geography of a valley surrounded by mountains, in the winter sometimes inversions happen and that + all the other airborne pollutants will be trapped & the citizenry gets to breath that 😅😂
I don’t think China has got the power. It is in fact USA or specifically local factories that should be held accountable
I mean really it’s stupid they have that factory where it is with the geography. But always gotta think about them profits for individual actors lol
Russia is in Europe and probably thinks that’s cute.
Only because they don’t all have cars. Buuut considering the amount of pollution that happens due to tires and roads n such well… maybe we should have an overall environmental pollution index vs just looking at greenhouse gasses. I’m very pro public transit infrastructure myself.
“You know a country is great when the wealthy in society use public services like your average working Joe”
Btw you can do it also in Germany more or less.
I believe it’s possible also in France .
Edit: don’t want to insult anyone, I was just curious, nothing else.
You can fly 10+ hours from France and still land in France 💀
Yes, those are countries, not single states within a country. Different things.
edit: ya’ll are acting so fucking weird in this comment thread. Jesus Christ I don’t even give a shit about the size of America or the US/EU pissing contest, I was merely and correctly pointing out the non-equivalence of the items being compared. Holy shit get a fucking life if you give two shits about the topic itself, goddamn. The hate boner some of you have for one country or another to the point of spite downvoting and intentionally misinterpreting shit is fucking ridiculous.
You are united states tho. Similiar to EU in 100 years.
Yes, how is this relevant? The point is they were comparing the length of time to cross a single American state to the time to cross an entire country, which are two different things. Driving through Texas isn’t equivalent to driving through Germany, it’s equivalent to driving through Bavaria.
The longest I can get for Bavaria is five hours.
That’s not correct at all.
For comparison, Bellingham, WA to Key West, FL. Same country, 2 days without stops.
Yeah, but you aren’t driving that fast in Germany, apparently. The Texas trip will be over 1,400 km.
russia. need i say more?
Longest I could get is 5.25 days.
“In the US, 100 years is a long time, but in Europe, 100 miles is a long way”
Europe is bigger than the US though
No. The US is easily from the furthest west of Europe to the furthest east of Turkey, plus some more. It has a lot less water too.
Since when are Nordics and Russia not part of Europe?
Meh… You can drive 13hrs in Australia and not see another person.
Australia enters the chat,
Oi, mate, 13 hours to cross a state, that’s cute.
If you think that Australia is huge, you should play with navigation in Russia.
I did call that out in one of my replies, WA is massive, but Russia has an even bigger state, no idea how easy it is to drive it…!
Most remote destinations in Russia is not driveable at all.
Same goes for Alaska/Canada/Russia/China. This meme must have been made by stereotypical self centered texan lmao
Yeah, you can fit Texas 4.5 times into Yakutia in Russia.
I know lots of euro bros are showing how long their country is, but I think the point is that Texas is a state, not country. When you compare those things it’s quite impressive, however still not even the largest state in the world. Here are some others. A nice drive from Anchorage to Prudhoe Bay will cost you 17 hours, or in Amazonas, Brazil, Manaus to Cruzeiro do Sul is 33 hours.
To the guy who annexed Arizona into California in order to beat Texas, shame.
But heres the thing we don’t really have states we have countries
Most European nations still have some form of provinces/states. Even itty bitty Switzerland is made up of a bunch of different Cantons.
But they don’t have such a big meaning atleast for me
The futbol clubs will disagree!
Sure, but I can drive for more than 11 hours and still be in Romania 👍
America to America, 2 days.
Not europe
Correct! That’s very good for an American :)
California can be “longer”. Could probably get to 14 hours.
Smith River to San Ysidro:
