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Re:Cruise ships chopped in half are a license to print money by EricE on Monday September 09, 2024 @12:27PM (#41490158)
"The US isn’t that much larger"

Just search for one of the many pictures of the state (state!) of Texas superimposed over Europe.

The US is freaking huge compared to Europe.

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Re:Cruise ships chopped in half are a license to print money by lostlogin on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @02:07AM (#41497629)
> The US is freaking huge compared to Europe.

I have compared them, and I don’t see what you’re seeing. Depending on how you measure (do you include European Russia, ie the bit west of the Urals?) Europe is larger.

https://www.worldatlas.com/geography/are-the-usa-and-europe-...

https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/unit...

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