[Leica] American small towns

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Philippe,
Other than airfare I suspect that there are many Luggers all over that would
put you up and take you out to restaurants.  It would be a treat.

On 5/1/07, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote:
>
>
> >
> > Come visit
> >
>
> I will. As soon as I find 3 months of time (and funds) to travel
> through the unknown, and reading all your replies so very inviting,
> parts of the US.
> Philippe
>
> > Mike
> >
> > Message: 8
> > Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:48:56 -0600
> > From: "Phil Swango" <pswango@att.net>
> > Subject: [Leica] American small towns
> > To: LUG <lug@leica-users.org>
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> > Larry Z wrote:
> > Most Europeans and Asians assume that the USA is
> > characterized by the
> > few big cities (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, etc.) shown
> > in the
> > movies and in TV. In fact the USA has a very low population
> > density
> > when compared with most countries in Europe and Asia.
> > Australia
> > excepted, of course. About 80% of the US population lives in
> > cities
> > along the coastline and major waterways. Most of the rest of
> > the
> > country is sparsely populated. The actual population density
> > of the
> > entire country is 79 people per sq. mile in comparison to
> > India's 898
> > people per sq. mile, Denmark's 328 per sq. mile, Japan's 867
> > per sq.
> > mile, France's 283 per sq. mile or the UK's 640 per sq.
> > mile. Even
> > Kiribati has 340 people per square mile.
> > =====================================
> >
> > Interesting reading Larry. Here in New Mexico it's even
> > sparser, at about
> > 15 persons per sq. mi. (Wikipedia). And we are the 5th
> > largest state in
> > area. I live in Albuquerque, the largest city in the state,
> > but there's an
> > open-air weekly farmer's market right across the street from
> > my home.
> >
> > --
> > Phil Swango
> > 307 Aliso Dr SE
> > Albuquerque, NM 87108
> > 505-262-4085
> >
> >
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