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niceguybadboy t1_j5uyn2t wrote

Reply to comment by 911memeslol in Portugal Population Density Map, done with R using the Rayshader package. [OC] by Specialist_Cow2011

The U.S. is the exception in that it does have lots of "in-fill"--loads of suburbia and strip malls in between big cities. A characteristic of a society designed around cars.

Most of the world is characterized by wide open space and long roads until your reach the next city, town, or settlement.

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K_Kingfisher t1_j5vhcrk wrote

That really depend on what part of the US you're talking about. You have huge deserts, lakes, and mountain ranges. No 'in-between' cities as well.

This is the same, only at a much smaller scale, since it's a small country.

Portugal has a lot of small/medium cities (with hundreds of towns in between) but only a few big ones, so it skews the results on the graph. Making it seem like there are more deserted areas than there actually are.

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