[Leica] American small towns

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

>
> Come visit
>

I will. As soon as I find 3 months of time (and funds) to travel  
through the unknown, and reading all your replies so very inviting,  
parts of the US.
Philippe

> Mike
>
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> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:48:56 -0600
> From: "Phil Swango" <pswango@att.net>
> Subject: [Leica] American small towns
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> Larry Z wrote:
> Most Europeans and Asians assume that the USA is
> characterized by the
> few big cities (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, etc.) shown
> in the
> movies and in TV. In fact the USA has a very low population
> density
> when compared with most countries in Europe and Asia.
> Australia
> excepted, of course. About 80% of the US population lives in
> cities
> along the coastline and major waterways. Most of the rest of
> the
> country is sparsely populated. The actual population density
> of the
> entire country is 79 people per sq. mile in comparison to
> India's 898
> people per sq. mile, Denmark's 328 per sq. mile, Japan's 867
> per sq.
> mile, France's 283 per sq. mile or the UK's 640 per sq.
> mile. Even
> Kiribati has 340 people per square mile.
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>
> Interesting reading Larry. Here in New Mexico it's even
> sparser, at about
> 15 persons per sq. mi. (Wikipedia). And we are the 5th
> largest state in
> area. I live in Albuquerque, the largest city in the state,
> but there's an
> open-air weekly farmer's market right across the street from
> my home.
>
> -- 
> Phil Swango
> 307 Aliso Dr SE
> Albuquerque, NM 87108
> 505-262-4085
>
>
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