| > Both america and Canada are bigger and wilder than Europe. Cars are nice and a necessity to live in both countries. Only in the rural parts. In Canada the population is highly concentrated very close to the US border (i.e., the southern part). While the 49th parallel is the 'meme' of the Canada-US border, 72% of the population lives below it, and 50% lives south of 45°42′ (45.7 degrees), including Toronto/GTA, Montreal, and Ottawa. * https://brilliantmaps.com/half-canada/ The US is also quite concentrated: while there are over three thousand counties, half the population lives in just 244: * https://www.businessinsider.com/densest-counties-in-america-... Two-thirds of people live with-in 100 miles (160km) of the border: * https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone Just Los Angeles county has more people than all but seven states (NY, NJ, IL, FL, TX, OH, rest of CA): * https://old.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/7fbx3q/states_with... So yes, US and CA are physically quite big, but that seems irrelevant to land use policies for accommodating the human populations of each country. |