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I_FIGHT_BEAR t1_j6ezzkf wrote

Yeah there’s plenty of other criteria that can be used to justify how big a country is. Population is one, even better might be ‘persons per square mile’ if you’re talking about a place like Russia where the landmass is huge but the populations are centered to specific regions

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GetsGold t1_j6g19fg wrote

The post isn't claiming to justify anything though. It's just stating which countries have the most land mass. Not which are biggest overall or in any other way.

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cnnrduncan t1_j6h2tr4 wrote

If you're counting a country's size as the size of their EEZ then my country is the 4th largest in the world!

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redstonebrain40 t1_j6iys8h wrote

Canada too. We are smol on population

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I_FIGHT_BEAR t1_j6iz099 wrote

Yup. I’m from California, one of the oft-repeated ‘facts’ we bring up is that our state population is higher than Canada’s, which still to this day blows my goddamn mind. And if I’m honest, makes me want to move to Canada so I can fucking BREATHE

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redstonebrain40 t1_j6j0e3l wrote

Highly recommended! Southern Ontario is basically just a big minessoda but maybe more progressive in general. Come out and visit Algonquin Park some day. And visit Toronto. Its all a treat!

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Wired_143 t1_j6jipts wrote

Having fewer people around you is a really nice feeling. Canadian here. We moved from a small city (1+ mil) to a town under 15k. Best decision we have ever made.

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ommnian t1_j6k1xfm wrote

As someone living in a truly rural area, calling a city with 1+ million 'small' kinda blows my mind...

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Wired_143 t1_j6kx1fr wrote

I’m putting that size into perspective vs a city in California. In the U.S. the city centres are massive compared to the ones in Canada.

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