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by adrianmonk
2123 days ago
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Arguably Taipei could have the motive, but not the opportunity, not like Houston does. The population of Taiwan[1] is 23.78 million, and its land area is 35,808 km^2. The population of Texas[2] is 29 million, and its land area is 676,587 km^2. So Taiwan has nearly (82%) as many people but 1/20th the land. Also, Taipei is boxed in by large mountains and the ocean, so there are lots of natural barriers discouraging sprawl. Houston is near the ocean, but aside from that there are no natural barriers. The land around it is super flat in every direction. The closest hill of any size is probably 150 miles away. --- [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas |
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