• Flying SquidM
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    1024 days 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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      1324 days 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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        824 days ago

        There’s a lot of stoplights.

      • @[email protected]
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        24 days 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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          624 days 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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            224 days ago

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

    • @_wizard
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      524 days ago

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

      • Flying SquidM
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        424 days 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.

    • DominusOfMegadeus
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      524 days 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.