• SkaveRat
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    172 months ago

    it has a population of 40k people. There are small towns with more population

    • Flying SquidM
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      102 months ago

      Including the one I live in. Terre Haute, Indiana. Population: ~60k.

      And we are not considered to be some great metropolis. You can drive from one side to the other in maybe 45 minutes if traffic is good.

      • @[email protected]
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        132 months ago

        It’s crazy to me that you need 45 minutes for a city of that size. In Germany you probably need 20-30 minutes depending on traffic.

        • Flying SquidM
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          82 months ago

          There’s a lot of stoplights.

        • @[email protected]
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          2 months ago

          Us Americans can’t seem to get the hang of a simple roundabout, so we’ve got that super efficient stop-and-go traffic.

          • @[email protected]
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            62 months ago

            Roundabouts would help for sure, but the area sizes of American cities are just much higher as well and therefore the population density is smaller.

            • @[email protected]
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              22 months ago

              True. I’d wager a decent chunk of that urban sprawl is due to our massive parking lots.

      • DominusOfMegadeus
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        52 months ago

        I lived in Rhode Island for the last 8 years. That sounds like forever. I should be out of the state in 45 minutes.

      • @_wizard
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        52 months ago

        Small world! Used to go to Pioneer Days when I was a little shit.

        • Flying SquidM
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          42 months ago

          Smaller world than you think. My wife does pioneer days every year (and also the weekends when the village is open), either showing off the school room or the room with the spinning wheels and looms- she knows all about that stuff and is very talented at it.