Having driven from Richmond, Virginia, to Anchorage, Alaska, twice, I can first-hand confirm that there is a LOT of empty land in the heart of North America.
It is because of these trips that I no longer worry about global overpopulation and just look at people quizzically when they start talking about the topic.
Re:Getting to Know Americans
by aaronblohowiak on Monday April 04, 2011 @09:13PM
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It isn't empty, it is farmland. Space to live is low on the list of scarce resources that will cap population growth.
No, actually you won't. Most of America's population lives within two hundred miles of it's coastlines. This group of proudly ignorant people is therefore much smaller than they're stereotypically thought of being.