Mine Is Bigger Than Yours

[DanaC]

The thing is, quite a bit of Britain is not suitable for building on. So, the population centres tend to be small and dense.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

there was a stunned silence when one remarked about Chicago:
"Once you've seen a cornfield, you've seen them all"

I don't get it, what has Chicago have to do with corn fields? Or was that the point?

Originally Posted by Carruthers

I use Wyoming as a yardstick when making comparisons with the USA.

Great place to visit but not exactly a good yardstick(meter-stick). It's #51 of 52 for density, and contains some of the country's best scenery.

Originally Posted by DanaC

The thing is, quite a bit of Britain is not suitable for building on. So, the population centres tend to be small and dense.

Not suitable? Only because there is no employment. Not suitable for traditional self sufficient agriculture, but if someone built an office/factory needing employees, anywhere, certainly infrastructure for housing and services can be built. Hell, they're figuring out how to do it on Mars.