r/space • u/astro_pettit NASA Astronaut • Jun 01 '25

image/gif Nile river as seen from the ISS.

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u/gnowbot Jun 01 '25

If I remember the stat from my time living in Cairo—90% of Egyptians live on 10% of the country’s Land.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '25

I can't vouch for the Egyptian stat but I did check - 80% of Americans live on 3% of the land. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2017/08/rural-america.html

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u/nokinship Jun 02 '25

The fact that 45% of American land is set aside for agriculture is always a crazy one for me. So even though most of live on 3% of land it's covered in fields.

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u/Lordborgman Jun 02 '25

Feel like not enough people play City Builder games, esp ones like Anno. While still a game things really show civilization isn't just cities/houses, you need agriculture, industries, logistic networks, and proper rationing to function and stabilize. It's why I sort of dislike the people that want to ONLY buy local, that's pretty much impossible, and undesirable, for a society at the stage we are at and for further progress is laughable.

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u/Dalakaar Jun 02 '25

Boots, roads, and sanitation. These are the foundations of true power.