[jrflowers]

If you increased Switzerland’s population density by 50% they’d be in a crowded hellhole like (checks notes) Belgium

[plqbfbv]

Yeah, but while Belgium is basically a huge plain, Switzerland is 60% Alps.

If you account for that, the effective density of Switzerland on the usable area is 600–700 people/km².

[jrflowers]

Looks like it’s 380 in the Swiss Plateau (you might be mixing up sq km and sq mi), which puts its at about ~70% of the population density of the Netherlands as a whole.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Plateau

[plqbfbv]

Fair, I had a quick look, 600-700 is likely for the big cities areas.

[ceejayoz]

There are significant differences in terrain that make that comparison a bit tougher.

[rayiner]

But Belgium does suck. I drove from Amsterdam to Paris in the early 2000s, and Belgium stuck out as being obviously worse (dirtier) than the other two.

[incognito124]

https://sive.rs/4d

[rayiner]

I was in Brussels and it sounds like it’s still a problem. https://www.reddit.com/r/belgium/comments/1dsoy9y/why_is_it_...