[jasonlotito]

> Is it really as bad as it's made out in this article or on Reddit?

It probably depends on where you live. Here in PA, it's been a non-issue for me.

But then, be careful. America is much larger than Europe, and while we are all part of the same country, we aren't the same people. There are big difference among the different parts of the country, and making them out to be all the same would be like me using a single country and extrapolating that out to all countries in Europe.

Even still, I have religious friends, and non-religious friends. It's never come up, and never been an issue.

[arethuza]

"But then, be careful. America is much larger than Europe"

Europe (the continent) actually has a larger area (10,180,000 km² > 9,826,675 km²) and a much larger population (739.2 million > 313.9 million ) than the United States (the country).

I presume you mean the EU (which still has a much larger population) or maybe Western Europe? Or maybe North America (the continent)?

[andyjohnson0]

I read "larger" as meaning "more diverse". Not sure I agree though.

[VBprogrammer]

I think you'd have to be slightly delusional to feel that the USA is more diverse than the whole of the EU.

[arethuza]

I think that's a bit harsh. In the case of the USA my impression is that the main source of cultural diversity is from immigrant communities whereas in Europe the main diversity is between long established communities - often at a level well below that of the current nation state (particularly noticeable in places like the UK and the other larger European states).

Personally, I think that Europe does have a lot more cultural diversity than the United States - but I can see that the point is arguable and that it's hardly a case of being "delusional" to argue the opposing point.

[jasonlotito]

True, but then I'd go so far as to add that the USA is more diverse than any one country making up the EU.

And if that's the case, treating the USA as a comparable EU country in terms of diversity ignores that diversity found here. Which is what was being discussed in the first place.

[jasonlotito]

I really did mean in area. The US dwarfs the EU nations. Apologies for using Europe instead of EU. I'd hoped the obvious context from the previous poster would help.

Still, I'd argue that the US is far more diverse than any single country of the EU, so treating the people of the US as all being the same is as silly as treating the people of the EU as all being the same.

[jasonlotito]

I was using it in the same context as the previous poster. So yes, EU.

Context, people, context.

[vacri]

America is much larger than Europe

Only in land area, and much of that extra land area is very sparsely populated. Europe has over twice as many people.

[jasonlotito]

Yeah, so what? How does that relate to the context of the discussion? Are you really suggesting that any single EU country is more diverse than the USA?

[vacri]

If you're going to troll, please do it somewhere other than HN.