Victoria
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- San Diego, California
This is very interesting, I never knew that. 
Why 80% of Americans Live East of This Line
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Feelslikefar
Senior Member
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- Nashville, TN
Was wondering why there are so many people walking by my house.
Probably just lost...
Probably just lost...
Gaer
"Angel whisperer"
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- New Mexico U.S.A.
Yup! Wide open spaces!
"Don't fence me in!"
"Don't fence me in!"
Alligatorob
SF VIP
I suspect the 80/20 thing describes water too.
Disgustedman
Senior Member
It was interesting reading Louis L'Amour about how people would trek west and after leaving Missouri the land just "Burst wide open" and was so big, it actually scared those who were used to "city living"
Victoria
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- San Diego, California
oldpop
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- Inner Space
Waterways and access to them probably has something to do with it also.
Been There
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- Florida
I like where I live here in Virginia, but it is very crowded and every weekend some organization is having a rally in D.D., so it gets very busy on weekends.
I never thought of myself as a city slicker, I grew up on a big five acre lot in West Virginia, surrounded by trees. I then lived in cities or suburbs for many years.
Yet, when we first moved to this area 20 years ago, we chose a beautiful house in a nice sub-division in the country. The view out the back was flat Ohio fields as far as the eye could see, in three directions. To my surprise it gave me the willies and for the five years I lived there I never got used to it.
I've read that 40% of our population lives in counties on the coast.
fuzzybuddy
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- The Sticks, Northeast PA.
We're water lovers. We crowd around oceans, lakes, and rivers. There are large sections of the US interior that are mega-mountainous, with arid to desert lands.