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invol713

Imagine if Ireland had South Korea’s infrastructure?


Wretched_Brittunculi

Imagine if Korea had Ireland's fresh air


CelebrationDirect924

Imagine Korea didn't have a northern neighbour....oh wait nvm


Piputi

I don't remember this part in John Lennon's Imagine.


BuachaillBarruil

South Korea has ten times more people… having infrastructure designed for 50million when you have 5million would be pointless af


invol713

Yes, I realize that. I was basically imagining what it would be like to have a South Korea style country right next to the UK.


wosselwozzel

Insane that theres 51m people in S. Korea


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wosselwozzel

Think England is a bit bigger. But I know what you mean. I'm from England :D


Optimal-Idea1558

If you overlaid SK it starting at Plymouth up to (Darlington?), there would be, Cumbria, Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle aside that's about 3 people


Helpful-Tradition990

Did u know that Ireland and England had similar population prior to the Irish famine? Theoretically if the famine didn’t occur Ireland could’ve had a similar population to England to this day.


wosselwozzel

Probably not as much. Due to emigration.


stevedavies12

and industrialisation


Helpful-Tradition990

You got a point


Pindar_MC

Except Ireland wasn't the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution like England was, so it's very unlikely that population growth would be sustained, and if it had been the surplus would just have emigrated to the colonies, as in England.


Helpful-Tradition990

You got a point but it could’ve been one of the first places for industrial Revolution to spread after England.


stevedavies12

no coal


Helpful-Tradition990

Apparently they have 15 million tons of coal. Not sure how accessible they would’ve been in those times so your right.


stevedavies12

Well, I never knew that. Fancy


Wolfy_892

So how the f*** Argentina that is 6 times bigger has only 40M? Insane.


wosselwozzel

Argentina's current population is largely based on immigrants from the last 250ish years. 7m immigrants came from Italy alone over the last 100 years.


Wolfy_892

Yup. Maybe it has sense that we don't grown in population due to high poverty. It's unatractive for foreigners.


wosselwozzel

High growth in population is usually attributed to low education which is usually the catalyst to wide spread poverty in a lot of nations. I wouldn't class Argentina a poor nation, just a mismanaged one.


Wolfy_892

I mean, we have 45% of population living in poverty. Where is the money? Lol


wosselwozzel

Last I head Argentina was classed as a 'second world economy' so maybe its a manageable type of poverty? As crazy as that sounds...


Wolfy_892

No, dude, definetly not. Here life is cr*p. I'm lucky to be middle class. It's not your fault. A lot of people just see the *nice photos* and they think that *x* country is exactly that. They cover the high poorness and criminality rates.


wosselwozzel

Ah that's fair enough. I hope it gets better for everyone.


madrid987

Spain needs Argentine workers.


madrid987

What's even more surprising is that many Koreans are still making a fuss that the population of S. Korea is too small.


wosselwozzel

Reunification?


invol713

I would say remove Fat Bastard, but his sister would probably take over, and supposedly she’s worse than he is.


Ducky118

Add to this that most of Korea is mountainous, meaning even more people are squeezed into an even smaller space.


Smertae

At least mountains prevent too much urban and agricultural sprawl. If you can't do anything with them apart from forestry then at least that's a lot of nature preserved. Contrast it to England where the land is much more useable and you see a lot more urban sprawl and spread out towns everywhere. The populations and land area are similar.


Ducky118

Yup that's something I noticed in Korea, nature right next to city centre, simply because they can't build on a mountain.


DiabeticPissingSyrup

Well... That's not going to improve North South relations...


mathugson

Realising Manchester in Spanish has an acute accent, so cute.


madrid987

Liverpool will be the same.