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You are missing the forest for the trees. US cities are smaller in a pedantic sense. That is why planners and intelligent people use Metro area statistics for population, traffic, infrastructure planning etc.

Dallas population about 1 million. Dallas metro - 7.7 million. This is an important distinction missed out.

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That just goes to show you how sparse american cities are built... the sprawl just builds up outside of the city with low density.

Not that I disagree with the sprawl assessment, it’s just that I think many cities have comically small boundaries on the map.

The sprawl isn't always low density. Normally it is but some have dense areas.

European airports have train service to most destinations.

Nobody cares if the airport is 45 minutes away because going back and forth is made seamlessly easy, and you can eat or read the news during the trip.

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