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[–] 5 points 5 days ago (1 child)

Except the post isn't about averages. It's about encountering more of either extreme. You have more opportunity to meet more people with a higher population, and more traveling. Like you said, it has to do with where most of their time is spent, or rather how many unique locations they visit in that time really. The US being both giant and with a high population, as well as a strong impact on the world economy and media, it dramatically increases the chance that they had more encounters in the US.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago

    It is not about averages and I never said it was. It is about the subset of people you are likely to meet. If i go to new York, I will see a lot of people but I will see every kind of person. If I see in new York 1 Mio people, the distribution of the people will be similar than when I walk through jakarta and see 1 Mio people. Unless!!! There is a difference in the distribution beyond population size.

    If i would meet all the citizens in America and all the citizens in Canada, the fittest person i have met, is more likely American. But you don't met everyone.

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