Comments on: Right: Not too many people

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:44:00 +0000

You should have gone further north mate. Beyond the touristy bit of Scotland and into the Relative emptiness of Sutherland and the Flow country. Man is it empty, one of the lowest pop densities in Europe. Of course it’s all owned by rich absentee assholes so you can only look at it from the road like.

Actually when I moved here (NW-NC) I had been expecting more in the way of open spaces but in fact there is population everywhere sparse in places but there.

By: grammar_nazi

grammar_nazi — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:33:13 +0000

Errm D´oh

Have you heard of the word irony? Irony is something that seems to go totally over the heads of Americans. I really do believe his comment was intended to be ironic.

Cheers, grammar

By: D'oh!

D'oh! — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:55:24 +0000

“…my favourite government, that of the People’s Republic of China…”

Wow. Really? Not funny, if not…

By: TC

TC — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:00:29 +0000

There’s nothing wrong with Bumfluff, AZ it’s a quaint town consisting of a church with a South-west scale sign (think IMAX screen) proclaiming the lord has risen and doom is nigh, one store with another sign of roughly the same size saying ‘GUNS’ and a gas station which is the only reason they ever see someone from a city. Ever.
And with typical American efficiency Arizonan cows come pre-cooked to medium while still on the hoof around this time of year. I’m sure the fact it’s a dry heat is of great comfort to them.
Cheers from a Phoenix dwelling fellow ex-pat.

By: Midwest Mom

Midwest Mom — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:19:17 +0000

Cass County Indiana has 2.5 hogs per person. (The four-legged variety, not the two-wheeled. See next post.) Not sure what the CPP (cows per person) ratio is, but I’m sure it’s not nearly as high. I moved there from Chicago as a newlywed; lived there for as long as I could stand it. Almost two years.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:50:30 +0000

The Cows to People Ratio can be useful–might work well in combination with MTC. One can also use the Likelihood of People Playing Cow-Pat Bingo as a School Fundraiser (I kid you not) as a measure.

By: Liz A.

Liz A. — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:03:15 +0000

What would you call it if there was a cow farm in front of the middle school and junior high school? My town (well, they call it a village) is 0MTC, but my house is probably 3MTC. XD You’ll have to drive maybe 8-10 minutes to see any sheep, though it’s less if you want to see goats (some lady in the centre of town actually has a license for goats).

By: Celera

Celera — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:27:50 +0000

If you headed northeast from LA proper, you would eventually get into the more agricultural parts of central CA. So — maybe 3 HTC if you head the right direction at the right time of day.

LA’s population is nowhere as dense as Manhattan, but it is spread out over such a vast area, it’s pretty easy to start from anywhere, and drive a couple of hours, and still really be in the metropolitan area.

I hate it, btw, and love England (just took our third London trip in December) and am really enjoying your blog!

By: Michael Harling

Michael Harling — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:43:38 +0000

Where I grew up, you woke up and looked out the window if you wanted to see a cow. So that’s aout 1STC. No cows here, but it’s about 5MTS (sheep).

By: Cathy

Cathy — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:47:30 +0000

I live in Daytona Beach, Florida and we are probably about 15 MTC here. There is a lot of farmland not far outside Daytona proper and onward and inward into the state. Cows are abundant behind miles and miles of fencing. When not embroiled in special events, i.e. Race Week, Spring Break and Bike Weeks, its pretty uncrowded even in town, and along our 23 miles of beach. Maybe you should visit someday. )