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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

True, but a lot of US real estate, even in big cities, started out agricultural. Those underpinnings are still affecting them today, given that they are less than 300 years old. They just don't have the history of being piled on top of each other that Europe has. The original American inhabitants didn't have the infrastructure Europe has had since the Romans, even if their population HAD been so concentrated.

The U.S population density is less than half that of Europe, even today.