• protist@mander.xyz
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    7 months ago

    China’s population density in its eastern half is an order of magnitude higher than pretty much every country, which really changes the transportation calculation. It’d be impossible for them to build enough roads to effectively transport their population around the country

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        7 months ago

        You don’t need many to become impractical. But you need China levels for it to become geometrically impossible.