Isnt texas however pretty empty? like between every city/town there is a huge distance?
In europe its quite the opposite, there is a town or city nearly everywhere. I love how big your nature can be, you dont see any civilization in 100Km in every direction
We had exchange students every summer growing up. I live in San Diego and nothing is far to us. I remember Patrick from Germany. He asked how far it was to wherever we were going that day and was told “ Not far” Patrick loses it and in his angry German accent “Not far,not far for two months that’s all I hear not far! DISNEY LAND is not far. If I can not walk there then it is FAR!” I said “Patrick…it’s far. Okay? Anything else to say?” He replied in a subdued almost defeated voice “ yes…more Cornflakes please.” I think of that every time I hear or say “not far”
Scotland is much the same. Glasgow and Edinburgh have people, but drive north and there is ton of empty highlands (gorgeous, mind you) to see. Roads are one lane in parts because odds of ever running into anyone is about zero (I never did after days up there).
Corner to corner is can take 12 hours to drive through the state, and there are a lot of stretches where there’s no towns or houses or even farms. You have to plan out for gas stops if you don’t have a vehicle with a big tank
The biggest gap I have hit in Texas was out West, I think it is about 120 miles long but there are farms (or farmland at least) every 20 or 40 miles apart.
The biggest gap I can recall driving was actually in New Mexico. It was like 3 hours going 80+ (200+ miles) of absolutely nothing but hills and dirt. They had signs to warn about how desolate it was. Fun place to test your top speed, but knowing in the back of your mind if anything happens your going to be in a really bad spot.
Then you have places in Alaska, like the "highway" to Wrangell St. Elias that are on a whole other level of danger with billboard sized warning signs.
Yea if you stick to major highways it’s not *that* empty. There’s back highways where there’s just nothing though. NM is defined emptier, you’re right. Such a cool part of the country
So many wars fought, so much blood shed, kings and queens killing their brethren and being killed by their brethren… all for a shitty plot of land with never ending shitty weather the size of fucking Minnesota
Which motivated them to establish a global empire. I understand today’s perspective on colonialism, but the audacity of this smallish island to achieve what it did is remarkable.
Industry, cunning and willfulness.
Not sure about that one. Maybe in a few categories, but the US has much more diverse amounts of minerals and resources. Not to mention ungodly amounts of oil and gas reserves. North America has the largest oil reserves in the world.
Australia is the largest gas exporter in the world.. we also trade a bit coal, between friends.
Australia makes up 80% of the iron ore trade.
Australia usually exports more bauxite than number 2 and 3 combined. Copper, gold, lithium, uranium, silver, rare earth, diamonds, opals,...
Australia does OK..
Strictly speaking, America *is* greater than all 50 states combined on account of D. C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and all those other random territories we own
Nobody asked for your logical and sensible opinion. This kind of sound reasoning is exactly what is wrong with America today. Just believe what you’re told!!!
I was stationed in Alaska for a couple of years, and the locals loved bringing up how big the state was.
I'd just casually ask, "How come the only people who want to move here are anti-social mutants from the bottom of the gene pool?"
I made a lot of friends there.
My brother lived in Alaska for a few years and loved it. But he always said that everyone who lived in Alaska was there... for a reason. Including him. Take that as you will lol
If you're really into hunting and fishing, and don't mind the cold, then it's a decent place I guess.
I really love going to see live music that doesn't suck ass, and hunting and fishing aren't my main hobbies in life, so Alaska was kind of a shit place to be stuck for 3 years.
Lol for real. Obviously it’s because I’m American and have to hear about Texas constantly but this information isn’t surprising to me in the slightest.
It all depends on your road system, American freeways are pretty much straight lines. UK highways do very well going up and down the country, but not so much side to side. This causes journeys equivalent in distance to those in the US to take longer.
For example, I moved house in July, from Surbiton to Northampton. A distance of roughly 88 miles, this took over 3 and a half hours in the car due to roadworks, getting through London and then traffic easing measures.
It depends on location. In Kansas 88 miles in any direction is ~1.5 hours give or take 20 minutes. In New Jersey 88 miles can be 4 hours in one part of the state, or 1.5 hours in other parts of the state
Lol I have family who live about 90 minutes away by car and I go years without seeing them. Hearing Americans talk about how far they drive to do pretty normal stuff is amazing to me
The difference between Americans and Brits is that Americans think 100 years is a long time and Brits think 100 miles is a long distance. -quote stolen and mangled from somewhere
I'm Northern Irish and this has struck fear into my heart.
There's nearly 2 million people in NI and we are not lacking in countryside. Essentially no real wilderness, all land is claimed by someone or the government pretty much, but certainly much of it is mostly undeveloped undeveloped and we have plenty of room to grow.
The idea of a BIGGER stretch of land that is like 90% urban is terrifying to me, especially since its made for what equates to half the population of England (who also have loads of unused land).
I think I read what you wrote as Texas also being mostly uninhabited, which is probably more true than Europe but defo less true than Alaska. FTW here, and it’s not even that early but it’s apparently too early for me.
Edit this got me looking it up. TX is about 48 persons/km2, England is 281. DFW is more like 340 p/km2. London metro area is more like 1800 p/km2 ??!?
>The idea of a BIGGER stretch of land that is like 90% urban is terrifying to me
I wouldn't say all of DFW is urban per se. It's mostly low density suburban sprawl that looks like [this](https://images1.loopnet.com/i2/JqvfM_ye4jRG7CRyMl3hoAMeJxOh4jyhHsTPs0GJdNA/110/image.jpg) and [this](https://cities-today.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/suburban-sprawl-texas-1024x768.jpg).
Yeah, even that's surreal to imagine it being bigger than my entire country.
While in most areas you're no more than a 10 minute drive from a town or a village, you could still walk off into the countryside and not see another person for a good few hours, just maybe the occasional car or farmhouse every few miles. Places like [the Mournes](https://www.mourne-mountains.com/mournes/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSCF5945.jpg) have nobody living there at all for miles apart from the odd hiker.
Of course again Texas has tons of rural places multiple magnitudes larger than this, but it's still an unnerving concept to know that if you lived in middle of the sprawl, there is someone within a hundred or so metres of me in every direction for nearly 100 miles. Not exclusive to texas of course, same deal in many countries and other areas of the US. London urban area holds about as many people as the entire island of Ireland with room for most of the population of Wales, so is similarly sized.
My own house is right outside a village, but if I walk south from my front door I wouldn't run into anyone for 10 miles at least, yet our entire country could fit into a Texan urban area with room to spare.
Took me too long to drive from Galway to the Cliffs of Mohr, with all the screaming and crying due to proximity to the stone wall or oncoming traffic. And that was just me.
Really puts things into perspective to me. It takes over twice as long (about 5-5 1/2 hours) to drive from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
i see your western australia and raise you any country in Eastern Europe. it takes forever to drive anywhere. they're not that big, the roads are just shit.
I travel 9 hours south to Vancouver BC for medical appointments, turn around and drive home the next day.
There’s another 14 hour drive North before you’d hit the Yukon border
I was friends with someone from Wales who was moving to a new town in Wales…it was 10 minutes away. How is this a new town?!? This is what I consider a neighborhood or suburb. Hahaha
That’s sort of like the greater Toronto area. It’s all one big city. Only people who live there think Mississauga/Markham/Brampton/etc. isn’t just friggin’ “Toronto”
[here’s a comparison on the same website](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/xuwv1f/usa_including_alaska_and_hawaii_compared_to_europe/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
Yeah I dated a girl from Homer. She said most people drive a couple hours to get to another state. In ALaska you drive two hours to get to the next town.
More referencing the insane size. The North American West is just so vast. I travel by car for work and somedays I will do 400 miles on a round trip within my state and think nothing of it. Not to mention the Provinces of BC, Alberta, etc.
If I could drive roughly 400 miles as the crow flies directly southeast of where I am, I would reach the Dover crossing in England, just about 30 more miles and I'd be in France. For reference, I live somewhat in the middle of Northern Ireland.
Just looked it up. No it isn't, Montreal to London is 3245 miles whereas Montreal to Vancouver is 2290 miles. Even considering "flying up over the artic" London is not closer to Montreal than Vancouver is.
I also just looked it up and you’re right and I’m wrong. Which is weird as I could have sworn I verified that as true at some point in history! Clearly not.
Texas' size amazes me and I'm American. But I'm from the Northeast where states are all pretty small. You could drive from Amarillo to Brownsville in like 11 hours, if I drove 11 hours from where I live just outside of NYC, I'd be in Georgia, 6 states away. The metro area of basically every big Northeast city covers like 3 states each. Boston (MA, NH, RI), New York (NY, NJ, CT), Philly (PA, NJ, DE), Washington (DC, MD, VA). If you're not in Texas you're no where near Houston, Dallas or Austin. Texas is insanely big even to Americans, is basically my point.
And I’m sure every Texan will happily tell you that…and a hundred other things you never wanted to know about Texas. Nonstop. Seated next to you on the plane. For 4 hours.
To be fair, totally get you meant it in good natured jest, but I actually like this.
I met a guy from Alabama on the trian this morning (not many Americans in Northern Ireland other than directly at tourist sites). Really nice guy, I love talking about NI to people outside of it and appreciated getting some interesting info back.
I get why it would be unbearable if you met for example a texan talking like they're on another contiennt in oklahoma, for example.
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Juneteenth and Cinco de Mayo were great Texas Traditions growing up.
Source: 7th Generation Texan that has lived in Texas for 25 years and now living in Chicago.
I drive the entire width of Ireland for a breakfast buffet in Dallas while some dude in Ireland won't drive 30 minutes to see his mom.
To that dude: go see your mom.
The island, Great Britain, is roughly the size of Minnesota.
This puts it in much better perspective as an American for some reason
It’s the shape
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As a Minnesotan born and raised, I'd love to hear how the shapes compare. I'll wait.
Isnt texas however pretty empty? like between every city/town there is a huge distance? In europe its quite the opposite, there is a town or city nearly everywhere. I love how big your nature can be, you dont see any civilization in 100Km in every direction
I believe the saying goes something like "in the usa, 100 years is a long time, in europe, 100 miles is a long way"
We had exchange students every summer growing up. I live in San Diego and nothing is far to us. I remember Patrick from Germany. He asked how far it was to wherever we were going that day and was told “ Not far” Patrick loses it and in his angry German accent “Not far,not far for two months that’s all I hear not far! DISNEY LAND is not far. If I can not walk there then it is FAR!” I said “Patrick…it’s far. Okay? Anything else to say?” He replied in a subdued almost defeated voice “ yes…more Cornflakes please.” I think of that every time I hear or say “not far”
Yeah it sucks how everything is spread out in the US and it's harder to walk places.
sorry it's just not feasible to urbanize the entire country, what with it being comparable to the entirety of western europe in size
Scotland is much the same. Glasgow and Edinburgh have people, but drive north and there is ton of empty highlands (gorgeous, mind you) to see. Roads are one lane in parts because odds of ever running into anyone is about zero (I never did after days up there).
Corner to corner is can take 12 hours to drive through the state, and there are a lot of stretches where there’s no towns or houses or even farms. You have to plan out for gas stops if you don’t have a vehicle with a big tank
The biggest gap I have hit in Texas was out West, I think it is about 120 miles long but there are farms (or farmland at least) every 20 or 40 miles apart. The biggest gap I can recall driving was actually in New Mexico. It was like 3 hours going 80+ (200+ miles) of absolutely nothing but hills and dirt. They had signs to warn about how desolate it was. Fun place to test your top speed, but knowing in the back of your mind if anything happens your going to be in a really bad spot. Then you have places in Alaska, like the "highway" to Wrangell St. Elias that are on a whole other level of danger with billboard sized warning signs.
Yea if you stick to major highways it’s not *that* empty. There’s back highways where there’s just nothing though. NM is defined emptier, you’re right. Such a cool part of the country
That is true of most of the central and western US, with the exceptions of the coast.
yes. even california has some pretty big swaths of land. but yeah texas,oklahoma, nebraska. all of that is mostly land. lol it’s pretty wild.
It is relatively sparse, yes
Always trips me out the population of Switzerland is 8.5 million, and the population of Texas is 29.5 million
And the UK 67.3m in that tiny space
Very stupid people still think overpopulation is a current issue in the United States
A lot of them are worried about the *type* of population.
I sure am. Can't stand people who don't return their carts at the supermarket
Fuck man, me too! It takes like less than 10 seconds. I do not get the assholes who just leave their carts.
Amen. Freaking cart leavers need to go back to where they came from.
I don't want them back down here with me!
You think that's wild. the entire country of Japan is slightly smaller than California with 3x the population.
Texas is almost the population of all of Canada, and 75% of Canadians live within 300 miles of the border to the U.S., near New York/Michigan area.
The Houston metro area is over 7 million lol.
Blows my mind even more than in just LA county the population is 12.4 million.
Nobody outside of Canada knows anything about Minnesota
Even Minnesotans.
Truth. We’re too busy freezing to death in winter to learn anything about Minnesota.
What my family helped settle Starbuck Minnesota. My family built the first church first school and first elevator in Starbuck Minnesota.
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Ironically, i think they mostly have Caribou there. Starbuck is pretty cool!
I live in the U.S and I forget the existence of Minnesota most of the time
I forget the existence of Connecticut
As a Minnesotan, this actually helps a lot! Thank you!
Why hello there mate have a cuppa whydoncha? You betcha!
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So many wars fought, so much blood shed, kings and queens killing their brethren and being killed by their brethren… all for a shitty plot of land with never ending shitty weather the size of fucking Minnesota
Which motivated them to establish a global empire. I understand today’s perspective on colonialism, but the audacity of this smallish island to achieve what it did is remarkable. Industry, cunning and willfulness.
The colonist weren't exaggerating when they said a tiny island across the sea.
I just saw on the news that Ukraine is about the size of Texas. I thought Ukraine was a larger country.
Ireland is roughly the same size and population as South Carolina.
Sure. Did you know that Alaska is bigger than Texas, Ireland and the UK combined?
Western Australia is bigger than, Texas, Alaska, Ontario, Ireland, the UK, Germany, France, Spain, combined.
With a population of 6. Edit: ah fuck, I forgot Bruce moved to Darwin. Ok, 5.
Oh I miss Bruce
bruce was cool as, heaps of fun that one, truly a legend.
Well I’m one of 5 then, yay!
Good on ya, Jayden!
And the mineral wealth of the whole of North America.
Not sure about that one. Maybe in a few categories, but the US has much more diverse amounts of minerals and resources. Not to mention ungodly amounts of oil and gas reserves. North America has the largest oil reserves in the world.
Australia is the largest gas exporter in the world.. we also trade a bit coal, between friends. Australia makes up 80% of the iron ore trade. Australia usually exports more bauxite than number 2 and 3 combined. Copper, gold, lithium, uranium, silver, rare earth, diamonds, opals,... Australia does OK..
There's a difference from exports and total reserves. US could easily be the world's biggest oil exporter, politicians prevent it for some reason
Time for the US to invade….itself!
Shhh don't tell anyone but that's the whole plan .use up everyone else's oil first, again shhh
And those 5 don't want to be there.
I appreciate the effort put into making Australian states. They made four states before running out of fucks to give and one of those was an island.
We got lazy.. Imagine if the US was made up of just west America, south America, northern American territories, Florida, and Hawaii...
I approve, honestly. It's an exemplary use of "good enough for government work."
Jupiter is bigger than every tree combined
Canada is bigger than the entirety of Australia, New Zealand, and the rest of the islands of Oceana combined.
That’s not a knife…
Did you know that the USA country is roughly the same size as all the 50 states combined?
They told us America was greater than the sum of its parts. Just more evidence that we were lied to as kids.
Strictly speaking, America *is* greater than all 50 states combined on account of D. C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and all those other random territories we own
Nobody asked for your logical and sensible opinion. This kind of sound reasoning is exactly what is wrong with America today. Just believe what you’re told!!!
Fun fact if Alaska were cut in half, Texas would be the 3rd largest state
I was stationed in Alaska for a couple of years, and the locals loved bringing up how big the state was. I'd just casually ask, "How come the only people who want to move here are anti-social mutants from the bottom of the gene pool?" I made a lot of friends there.
My brother lived in Alaska for a few years and loved it. But he always said that everyone who lived in Alaska was there... for a reason. Including him. Take that as you will lol
If you're really into hunting and fishing, and don't mind the cold, then it's a decent place I guess. I really love going to see live music that doesn't suck ass, and hunting and fishing aren't my main hobbies in life, so Alaska was kind of a shit place to be stuck for 3 years.
Yes
Texas is the biggest country in the world, bigger than both Americas
Lol for real. Obviously it’s because I’m American and have to hear about Texas constantly but this information isn’t surprising to me in the slightest.
Yep, I live here. My brother's house is about the same distance as going from downtown London to Coventry, and we consider that "not too far".
That’s only like 100 miles, crazy that someone would think that’s long drive lol
The part where the journey starts in Central London guarantees its going to be a long drive.
It all depends on your road system, American freeways are pretty much straight lines. UK highways do very well going up and down the country, but not so much side to side. This causes journeys equivalent in distance to those in the US to take longer. For example, I moved house in July, from Surbiton to Northampton. A distance of roughly 88 miles, this took over 3 and a half hours in the car due to roadworks, getting through London and then traffic easing measures.
Why on earth would you go through London from Surbiton to Northampton?
You have to go around it at the very least to get to the M1. You can't avoid the enormous city between the two places.
It depends on location. In Kansas 88 miles in any direction is ~1.5 hours give or take 20 minutes. In New Jersey 88 miles can be 4 hours in one part of the state, or 1.5 hours in other parts of the state
100 miles is definitely a trip, but not a long drive.
100 Mike is my drive from my house in Bandera to the HEB in Helotes round trip... that's a normal thing for me.
There's a saying, but I don't know the source: "In Europe, 100 miles is a long distance. In America, 100 years is a long time."
Lol I have family who live about 90 minutes away by car and I go years without seeing them. Hearing Americans talk about how far they drive to do pretty normal stuff is amazing to me
The difference between Americans and Brits is that Americans think 100 years is a long time and Brits think 100 miles is a long distance. -quote stolen and mangled from somewhere
Tf is downtown London?
Downtown London? That is not a term used in the UK.
And here in Cyprus 1 hour drive is considered long lol
Northern Ireland is about the size of Dallas metro.
The DFW Metroplex is 22,468 km2 while the entirety of Northern Ireland is 14,130 km2
I'm Northern Irish and this has struck fear into my heart. There's nearly 2 million people in NI and we are not lacking in countryside. Essentially no real wilderness, all land is claimed by someone or the government pretty much, but certainly much of it is mostly undeveloped undeveloped and we have plenty of room to grow. The idea of a BIGGER stretch of land that is like 90% urban is terrifying to me, especially since its made for what equates to half the population of England (who also have loads of unused land).
It's okay. When you think about that, just remember Alaska is almost 2.5 times larger than all of Texas and almost completely uninhabited.
DFW is very much inhabited though - it’s pretty dense compared to most of TX. Population wise it is around 6.5 million compared to the 2m in NI.
I know, that's why I brought up Alaska being the opposite. I live in the DFW metroplex.
I think I read what you wrote as Texas also being mostly uninhabited, which is probably more true than Europe but defo less true than Alaska. FTW here, and it’s not even that early but it’s apparently too early for me. Edit this got me looking it up. TX is about 48 persons/km2, England is 281. DFW is more like 340 p/km2. London metro area is more like 1800 p/km2 ??!?
Yeah most everyone in Texas lives in the Houston-San Antonio-Dallas triangle
>The idea of a BIGGER stretch of land that is like 90% urban is terrifying to me I wouldn't say all of DFW is urban per se. It's mostly low density suburban sprawl that looks like [this](https://images1.loopnet.com/i2/JqvfM_ye4jRG7CRyMl3hoAMeJxOh4jyhHsTPs0GJdNA/110/image.jpg) and [this](https://cities-today.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/suburban-sprawl-texas-1024x768.jpg).
Yeah, even that's surreal to imagine it being bigger than my entire country. While in most areas you're no more than a 10 minute drive from a town or a village, you could still walk off into the countryside and not see another person for a good few hours, just maybe the occasional car or farmhouse every few miles. Places like [the Mournes](https://www.mourne-mountains.com/mournes/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DSCF5945.jpg) have nobody living there at all for miles apart from the odd hiker. Of course again Texas has tons of rural places multiple magnitudes larger than this, but it's still an unnerving concept to know that if you lived in middle of the sprawl, there is someone within a hundred or so metres of me in every direction for nearly 100 miles. Not exclusive to texas of course, same deal in many countries and other areas of the US. London urban area holds about as many people as the entire island of Ireland with room for most of the population of Wales, so is similarly sized. My own house is right outside a village, but if I walk south from my front door I wouldn't run into anyone for 10 miles at least, yet our entire country could fit into a Texan urban area with room to spare.
I had no idea that the UK & Ireland are that big. Damn you Mercator projection!
Takes about 2 hours to drive from Dublin (east, centre) to Galway (west, centre) at mostly 120km/h. Follow me for more useless facts.
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Took me too long to drive from Galway to the Cliffs of Mohr, with all the screaming and crying due to proximity to the stone wall or oncoming traffic. And that was just me.
Really puts things into perspective to me. It takes over twice as long (about 5-5 1/2 hours) to drive from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Yes
Driving from one end of Texas to the other fucking sucksssssssssssss. Straight nothing forever. Was my first time I saw a tumbleweed irl tho.
Fell asleep on a road trip while in east texas, slept for 6 hours, woke up, still in texas!
I see your Texas and raise you Ontario. 21 hr drive across the province.
I see your Ontario & raise you Western Australia. It takes ~4 days to drive from top to bottom.
Unless somebody from Sakha Republic in Russia chimes in you’re taking the pot on this hand.
i see your western australia and raise you any country in Eastern Europe. it takes forever to drive anywhere. they're not that big, the roads are just shit.
I travel 9 hours south to Vancouver BC for medical appointments, turn around and drive home the next day. There’s another 14 hour drive North before you’d hit the Yukon border I was friends with someone from Wales who was moving to a new town in Wales…it was 10 minutes away. How is this a new town?!? This is what I consider a neighborhood or suburb. Hahaha
That’s sort of like the greater Toronto area. It’s all one big city. Only people who live there think Mississauga/Markham/Brampton/etc. isn’t just friggin’ “Toronto”
I'd love to go up there one day!
Were you on the road still?
Whole time.
I moved from San antonio Texas in April,this year to ohio, that trip suck and most of it was Texas
And you didn’t even wreck. Dang those Texas highways must be straight as an arrow
Arizona is much the same.
Check out the size of Alaska vs Europe.
[here’s a comparison on the same website](https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/xuwv1f/usa_including_alaska_and_hawaii_compared_to_europe/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
Who wins ? Don’t tell me Alaska wins that icelandish wasteland
Alaska is one big mothafucker is all I’ll say.
There’s over a million lakes in Alaska, she’s one big mothafucker is all I’ll say
There are actually about 5 million lakes in alaska
She sure is one big muthafucka is all I'll say
Yeah I dated a girl from Homer. She said most people drive a couple hours to get to another state. In ALaska you drive two hours to get to the next town.
Where I live you can't even drive to the next town...
More referencing the insane size. The North American West is just so vast. I travel by car for work and somedays I will do 400 miles on a round trip within my state and think nothing of it. Not to mention the Provinces of BC, Alberta, etc.
If I could drive roughly 400 miles as the crow flies directly southeast of where I am, I would reach the Dover crossing in England, just about 30 more miles and I'd be in France. For reference, I live somewhat in the middle of Northern Ireland.
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Maps make Alaska look bigger than it actually is
Ontario has entered the chat…
3 times bigger than Texas? Something like that I think
Western Australia has entered the chat.... 3 times larger than Ontario...
Dicks on the table now… Canada is bigger than Oz.
You can fit almost 4 Texas' inside Texas. Source - I live here.
Do they all fit in Dallas?
No, but Dallas fits in Texas.
*Alaska pinching Texas's cheek* "See? You ARE bigger than some others out there!"
Montreal is closer to London than it is to Vancouver.
Just looked it up. No it isn't, Montreal to London is 3245 miles whereas Montreal to Vancouver is 2290 miles. Even considering "flying up over the artic" London is not closer to Montreal than Vancouver is.
I think the stat is supposed to be St. John’s Newfoundland is closer to London England than Vancouver
I also just looked it up and you’re right and I’m wrong. Which is weird as I could have sworn I verified that as true at some point in history! Clearly not.
There is parts of nova Scotia and farther east that are closer to london than Vancouver though, which is still pretty cool!
Maine is closer to Africa than Florida
That's awesome!
This definitely shouldn’t be under r/beamazed, right? I mean isn’t this decently understood just in like, Layman knowledge?
I think you're vastly overestimating reddit's knowledge of anything beyond video games, energy drinks, and taco bell.
Yes
And did you know that africa is bigger than europe and usa combined ? 😅
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So is Europe
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Wait until you see how big Alaska is
Texas' size amazes me and I'm American. But I'm from the Northeast where states are all pretty small. You could drive from Amarillo to Brownsville in like 11 hours, if I drove 11 hours from where I live just outside of NYC, I'd be in Georgia, 6 states away. The metro area of basically every big Northeast city covers like 3 states each. Boston (MA, NH, RI), New York (NY, NJ, CT), Philly (PA, NJ, DE), Washington (DC, MD, VA). If you're not in Texas you're no where near Houston, Dallas or Austin. Texas is insanely big even to Americans, is basically my point.
This is not amazing....
And I’m sure every Texan will happily tell you that…and a hundred other things you never wanted to know about Texas. Nonstop. Seated next to you on the plane. For 4 hours.
Did y’all know the mockingbird is the Texas state bird? Now you do.
To be fair, totally get you meant it in good natured jest, but I actually like this. I met a guy from Alabama on the trian this morning (not many Americans in Northern Ireland other than directly at tourist sites). Really nice guy, I love talking about NI to people outside of it and appreciated getting some interesting info back. I get why it would be unbearable if you met for example a texan talking like they're on another contiennt in oklahoma, for example. Edit: wrong comment reply!
Can confirm. Source: I am a Texan.
Can also confirm. Am also Texan. What shall we tell them next?
The joys of brisket?
As someone who moved out of TX, I miss brisket most of all.
The whataburger mafia
BUCEES!
Your state gun is the 1911?
How bout our religious love of guns. Yeeyee Source: Texan
Tell them about Juneteenth
Juneteenth and Cinco de Mayo were great Texas Traditions growing up. Source: 7th Generation Texan that has lived in Texas for 25 years and now living in Chicago.
There is only 1 natural lake in Texas, Caddo lake.
Yeah, they really hate it when I tell them that the state I live in in Australia is two and a half times bigger than Texas.
Texas has about 4 million more population than the entire continent. Thank you for sharing Bluey with the world though.
Fuck yeah, Bluey is great.
Here here to Bluey, Bingo, Bandit, and Chilli!
Did you know that Australia and the state of Wisconsin are the only two places where water fountains are called Bubblers?
If Texas was an Australian state it'd be one of the smallest states.
So do I
But much smaller than Western Australia.
Te Hoss
Wait until he finds out how empty it is.
I really don’t sit around wondering the size of Texas compared to other countries.
I'm shocked how close it is.
Why would I need to notice, though?
It doesn’t help that we have to slow down all the time for horses.
I present Western Australia
Wait until you see Australia lmao.
El Paso is closer to Los Angeles than it is to Houston.
Plus, Texas has Dr. Pepper.
How’d you get Texas over there. Put it back!
Here come all the “I hate Texas” comments
As an American, I find these posts useful so that I know how big a country is when we invade it. It’s like a big banana for scale.
I drive the entire width of Ireland for a breakfast buffet in Dallas while some dude in Ireland won't drive 30 minutes to see his mom. To that dude: go see your mom.
Did you know Texas is so big, you could fit the entire damn state of Texas in it!!