Thursday, September 24, 2020
Interesting map
An item in Quora about introvert-friendly countries talks mostly about weather.
The author picks Estonia, Finland and Russia as most introvert-friendly.
In cold places people spend more time huddling inside, so culture is less touchy and more lonely. Makes sense, but I don't think it's the real variable. Estonia and Finland are a unique ethnic group, more closely related to the stoic old American tribes than to Teutons or Slavs. Warrior tribes don't talk. In parts of America where those tribes formed the culture, talking is peculiar and silence is expected. Much easier for innate introverts.
The item includes a map of population density that sort of halfway makes the point. The map really shows something unexpected, not tied to weather at all.
Where are most of the people in Europe? On the Rhine.
An unmistakable crescent in the middle of the continent. A few big cities like Paris and London are isolated islands of population, but most of the people are on the Rhine.
Labels: Answered better than asked
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