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Kids and marriage are not unique to America. There are millions of Dutch kids happy to ride a bike or ride the bus along with their married parents.

Sure, but The Netherlands is also quite a lot smaller than the US.

Comparing the total size of countries like this never made much sense to me.

It's not like Americans need to drive coast-to-coast to buy groceries or drop their kids off at school.

The Netherlands has 2x as much land as the Tri State area with 1-2 million fewer residents.