• bluemite@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Whenever someone brings up a European city like this, they seem to ignore the fact that the entire country of Finland is roughly the size of the state of Montana. It’s like comparing apples and oranges.

    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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      23 hours ago

      The greater Helsinki area has literally more than 20% of the entire Finnish population, and way more people than the largest city in Montana (Billings)

      So, how exactly is what you said even remotely relevant to anything?

      • bluemite@lemmy.world
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        11 hours ago

        Public transit makes a lot more sense with so many people in one area, that’s how.

        On the other hand, the population of Montana is a lot more spread out, so having effective public transit is more difficult for various reasons.

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      5 months ago

      Okay? We can still compare Helsinki to a similar sized American city. I don’t see how that’s unfair.