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You bring up some interesting ideas, though I wonder about this:

>Europe has 3X the population density (and subsequent urbanization) as the US.

Are you sure about that?

>...The population density in Europe is 34 per Km² (87 people per mi²).

https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/europe-popula...

>...The population density in the United States is 38 per Km² (98 people per mi²).

https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/us-population...




It looks like your source is including all of Russia in Europe, which is throwing it off https://www.worldometers.info/population/countries-in-europe...




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