Comment by rsynnott

10 days ago

California has a similar population density to France, which has a generally decent railway network. It's not really an excuse.

France has a density (pop/km²) of 122, similar density countries include Poland, Azerbaijan, Sierra Leone, Egypt (how are consistent are the rail systems across those countries?). US has a density of 37.

California specifically has a density of 94 (29% lower), which puts it near Spain, Timor-Leste, Moldova and Cuba.. California is doing OK for it's position.

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

  • People aren't uniformly distributed over entire areas, making such comparisons completely wrong and pointless.

    > US has a density of 37.

    Just LOL. No, the US does not consist of 300 million people evenly spread over that large of an area. Not even close.