• @[email protected]OP
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    103 months ago

    I see where you come from, but I guess it’s still uncommon to have a third of a country living on a line

    Also, the data looks quite good, which is the main objective of this community

    • @[email protected]
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      183 months ago

      Yeah it’s pretty data for sure. Just the conclusion that has been drawn from it is a bit odd! Correlation/causation etc etc

    • @mojofrododojo
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      43 months ago

      but I guess it’s still uncommon to have a third of a country living on a line

      mmm… no, it’s exactly what you’d expect in a country chock fulla mountains. terrain dictates where roads, rails AND TOWNS grow.

    • @Dkarma
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      43 months ago

      They have to…lol. There’s no other way to travel efficiently.

    • sunzu
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      23 months ago

      I bet US can get something similar for NE corridor

      • @StaticFalconar
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        33 months ago

        Switzerland is about as big as Vermont and New Hampshire.

      • @[email protected]
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        33 months ago

        Not as big a portion of the country, but yeah coastal areas will often have a large population living in roughly a line.

        In North America I believe the line connecting the most people would go from Quebec City through Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, London, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis (though maybe not within just 5 km of it). This is the most populous part of the Great Lakes Megalopolis and into the St. Lawrence.

    • @[email protected]
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      13 months ago

      I believe something like 80% of the population of Brazil live within 50 km of the coast.

    • @jaybone
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      13 months ago

      Given the size and geography of the country, one might expect this.