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You do realize most of our states are bigger than most of your countries?

You do realize that Europeans have trains that can roll at 350 mph?

It is all "city" from Santa Monica to San Bernardino, for example,
but they are about 60 miles apart.

Europe has more civilization per square kilometer than the U.S.

Both my wife and I commute over 50 miles one way. My next door neighbor
commutes 60.

Paris covers that with its mass transit system.

Most US areas are spread out horizontally, not vertically as in Europe.

Most European areas ore more horizontal than vertical; the skyscrapers are in
the U.S.

Not with 30 to 60 mile commutes being common for most places.

People do that on mass transit here in Europe all the time (at least in
Paris).

I can drive all day in one direction without leaving my state.

Actually, you'll cross half the continental United States in a full day of
continuous driving.