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[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 16 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

The US is fucking huge. A lot of our weather up north is closer to yours, but we've got deserts, rainforests, Florida is just outside of the tropics, etc. There's a huge variety of climates here. The US is larger than all of Europe, by quite a margin. East to west it's wider than Lisbon, Spain to Moscow, Russia. North to South it's pretty much identical to Europe. (Technically Europe is slightly larger with the Scandinavian countries sticking out pretty far north.)

[–] foo@feddit.uk 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Lisbon is in Portugal btw. (But that doesn't change the distances.)

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 points 8 hours ago

Shit, you're right. Too much EU5 playing as Castile, and then Spain, capturing Portugal.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The US is fucking huge...The US is larger than all of Europe, by quite a margin

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It is hilarious to imagine if this were real. Like what would European explorers and Settlers have done if they started mapping it out and went "wait a minute..."

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Looks like a huge improvement

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 49 minutes ago

I mean, you'd lose most of the Appalachian Mountains which as one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world means losing a ton of ancient fossils that helped piece together the biological history of Earth. I'd also be curious how the glaciers would be impacted given how heavily they shaped much of North America

You also lose several major cities including Toronto and St Louis, Canada loses most of its habitable land (assuming the climate isn't significantly impacted by the existence of a second Mediterranean Sea, which it definitely would be) Chicago is going to be quite different but probably an even more important port city in such a world. Las Vegas is now a port city, so probably less casinos and more just major city. My wife would be sad because the Quad Cities (a metro area on the Iowa/Illinois border) wouldn't exist and she really likes that area. I'd be sad because the Mississippi River would be much short and therefore way less cool. But it's a really wild concept that gets crazier the more you think about it

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 6 points 8 hours ago

I like to point out that New York to LA os essentially the same distance as Moscow to Lisbon, while Seattle to Miami os about the same as London to Baghdad. That's why St. Louis was the furthest west MLB team until the 50's. The logistics for US sports are insane