▲ 1151 ▼ In the US, there's a good chance you haven't even left your state either (startrek.website) submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world 291 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) You can drive for 30 hours and still be on the same highway in the same state in Australia. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Damn, I thought the 22 hours to cross Ontario was long. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 point 2 years ago The thing is, Australia is basically the same size as America (minus Alaska), but only has 6 states and one state-sized territory. 7 compared to 48 means the time taken to travel across one state is much greater. Canada is obviously a lot bigger than Australia, but it also has a lot more provinces/territories. 13, which is almost double. And while it's a lot bigger, it's nowhere near double the area. 30% extra land for 85% extra provinces, to be precise. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tavarin@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Damn, I thought the 22 hours to cross Ontario was long. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 point 2 years ago The thing is, Australia is basically the same size as America (minus Alaska), but only has 6 states and one state-sized territory. 7 compared to 48 means the time taken to travel across one state is much greater. Canada is obviously a lot bigger than Australia, but it also has a lot more provinces/territories. 13, which is almost double. And while it's a lot bigger, it's nowhere near double the area. 30% extra land for 85% extra provinces, to be precise. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 point 2 years ago The thing is, Australia is basically the same size as America (minus Alaska), but only has 6 states and one state-sized territory. 7 compared to 48 means the time taken to travel across one state is much greater. Canada is obviously a lot bigger than Australia, but it also has a lot more provinces/territories. 13, which is almost double. And while it's a lot bigger, it's nowhere near double the area. 30% extra land for 85% extra provinces, to be precise. permalink fedilink source parent
