I’m actually surprised that northern tip to southern tip of the UK is longer than that of Texas. I thought Texas dwarfed us.
Obviously it still does in total area, but I thought it was more stark.
Why is the weather so different in the UK? Canada has, at least in my experience, very cold snowy winters. We just get dampness.
Thank God for the Gulf Stream.
I never realised that if you move it along its true latitude it is so far north. We’d have to get used to cold winters!
Ngl the UK is a really nicely shaped country
Climate change is absolutely going to fuck the UK 🙁
Yes geographically the UK is small. But not so small in population, which is just about that of Canada, Australia and NZ combined, though ofc still many times less than the US.
70 million vs 50 million. And Canuks dont have enough housing space.
so for anyone who thought the UK was bigger than Saskatchewan…
This just makes me think of the USA as France. 🤮
Mexico is sorta Spain so it works.
Take the US state of Michigan, and pack into that the populations of Texas and California. Then you’ve roughly got the UK.
I didn’t realise the uk was there, I thought it was closer to Europe.
The US has no right being that big.
Smallest country but have the better health care
It’s crazy how such a small island can have such a big impact on the world
This is part of why the first British colonists in America had such a hard time of it – you expect the winters to get easier when you sail south
I’m originally from Duluth, MN (it’s at the pointy far western tip of Lake Superior). I live near Edinburgh now, and my family and friends back in the states just have no concept of how much further north I am now. Duluth is really far north for the US (and does have much nastier winters), but Scotland is another level of north. I go mildly insane for a month before and after the summer solstice every year because it never gets dark.
You can’t make a true size post based on a mercator projection. Or you can, but you can only meaningfully compare apparent size to countries at equal latitude
Great for the world cup in 2026.
Unfortunately they have decided to play the world cup in the equivalent of the sahara desert.
The first winter World Cup in 2022. How to banjex not just international football but all football at club level as well.
The biggest summer tournament in the world played in the winter because it’s too hot to play in the summer.
Who’d have thought playing a world cup in the desert would be a problem…
UK is small compared to USA and Canada sure, but I’m sure some Americans think England as a whole is just a small village.
I told an American recently I would soon be travelling from London to Cardiff and told him it would take a few hours and I wouldn’t be able to get home the same night and he was so surprised it was that far away. I think he thought Wales is a suburb of London.
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I’m actually surprised that northern tip to southern tip of the UK is longer than that of Texas. I thought Texas dwarfed us.
Obviously it still does in total area, but I thought it was more stark.
Why is the weather so different in the UK? Canada has, at least in my experience, very cold snowy winters. We just get dampness.
Thank God for the Gulf Stream.
I never realised that if you move it along its true latitude it is so far north. We’d have to get used to cold winters!
Ngl the UK is a really nicely shaped country
Climate change is absolutely going to fuck the UK 🙁
Yes geographically the UK is small. But not so small in population, which is just about that of Canada, Australia and NZ combined, though ofc still many times less than the US.
70 million vs 50 million. And Canuks dont have enough housing space.
so for anyone who thought the UK was bigger than Saskatchewan…
This just makes me think of the USA as France. 🤮
Mexico is sorta Spain so it works.
Take the US state of Michigan, and pack into that the populations of Texas and California. Then you’ve roughly got the UK.
I didn’t realise the uk was there, I thought it was closer to Europe.
The US has no right being that big.
Smallest country but have the better health care
It’s crazy how such a small island can have such a big impact on the world
This is part of why the first British colonists in America had such a hard time of it – you expect the winters to get easier when you sail south
I’m originally from Duluth, MN (it’s at the pointy far western tip of Lake Superior). I live near Edinburgh now, and my family and friends back in the states just have no concept of how much further north I am now. Duluth is really far north for the US (and does have much nastier winters), but Scotland is another level of north. I go mildly insane for a month before and after the summer solstice every year because it never gets dark.
You can’t make a true size post based on a mercator projection. Or you can, but you can only meaningfully compare apparent size to countries at equal latitude
Great for the world cup in 2026.
Unfortunately they have decided to play the world cup in the equivalent of the sahara desert.
The first winter World Cup in 2022. How to banjex not just international football but all football at club level as well.
The biggest summer tournament in the world played in the winter because it’s too hot to play in the summer.
Who’d have thought playing a world cup in the desert would be a problem…
UK is small compared to USA and Canada sure, but I’m sure some Americans think England as a whole is just a small village.
I told an American recently I would soon be travelling from London to Cardiff and told him it would take a few hours and I wouldn’t be able to get home the same night and he was so surprised it was that far away. I think he thought Wales is a suburb of London.