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Re:‘Overtourism’ Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Hel... by jhoechtl on Thursday August 30, 2018 @01:14AM (#17874229)
This statistics-speak is pointless. There are not that many places you would want to live at. Mojave dessert, mountainious area? Sahara, Greenland ...
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Re:‘Overtourism’ Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Hel... by ben_w on Thursday August 30, 2018 @02:13AM (#17874447)
Personally speaking, the main reason I wouldn’t want to live in any of those places is because of the lack of people — cities and buildings can be designed around the terrain… but if no one else is there, what’s the point?
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Re:‘Overtourism’ Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Hel... by Piskvorrr on Thursday August 30, 2018 @05:22AM (#17875263)
Counterpoint: Las Vegas is in the middle of a desert - yet immensely popular.
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Re:‘Overtourism’ Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Hel... by nerflad on Thursday August 30, 2018 @01:37AM (#17874313)
Yet there are people who live in those places. Pointless? That statistic really puts in perspective for me how much empty space there is in the world.
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Re:‘Overtourism’ Worries Europe. How Much Did Technology Hel... by robryan on Thursday August 30, 2018 @05:21AM (#17875258)
Most of the available land that is capable of the agriculture needed to support the current populations are in use though.
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