• @[email protected]
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      341 year ago

      It takes about 8 to 12 hours to drive across Texas, which is longer than it takes to cross Germany. France and Germany have different laws, and so do Texas and New Mexico. Once you realise that the USA is essentially 50 different countries stapled together, it makes a lot more sense.

          • z500
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            61 year ago

            And in my state we even break counties down another level

          • Oliver
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            When you compare the size. When you compare the population… it depends.

            • @[email protected]
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              Texas has a bigger population than Australia. In fact, it would be 51st largest population and 40th largest area in the world if it split off from the USA.

          • @Jolan
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            31 year ago

            Your second biggest state*

      • @[email protected]
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        41 year ago

        I’d imagine that France and Germany probably have more similar laws than some US states do because of the EU.

        • Turun
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          Maybe? The EU is way younger than the US though.

          • @KarmaTrainCaboose
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            31 year ago

            Also the EU is way less powerful over the individual EU countries than the US federal government is over the states.

        • @KarmaTrainCaboose
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          11 year ago

          Not so sure about this…maybe you could find two states that have very differing laws compared to France-Germany, but on the whole it’s probably not true. Kind of hard to quantify that though.

    • @draxil
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      101 year ago

      Their tipping culture seems insane to me.

    • HobbitFoot
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      71 year ago

      It works the same way it works in Europe between countries in the EU. The laws are similar enough that it isn’t a problem in most cases. There are also efforts that states do to harmonize parts of the law. It keeps the peace because states have different ideas on how to govern themselves.

      That then plays out to taxes, as some states have a far more active government than others. So, the states, counties, and municipalities have their own ways to generate revenue to provide the services their communities want.

    • @PunnyName
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      21 year ago

      Most people never leave their home town, let alone their state.

      • HobbitFoot
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        31 year ago

        That is actually pretty rare in the USA. If anything, Americans are very mobile within the country. It is common for people to live in multiple states within their lifetime.