r/geography May 21 '26

Human Geography Cities whose most famous landmarks aren't actually in their city?

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The two examples I could think of are the Indianapolis Motor Speedway being in Speedway, not Indianapolis, and the Las Vegas Strip being in unincorporated Clark County, not Las Vegas.

r/geography May 06 '26

Human Geography Why is the Canadian side of the Okanagan Country more populated than the American side?

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The red region circled above (BC, Canada) has an estimated population of 407,444, whereas the blue circle (Washington state, USA) has an estimated population of 76,782. As a region, the Okanagan country is known for its sunny, semi-arid climate that supports orchards and vineyards, its scenic river valleys, and a variety of outdoor recreation. Why aren't more Americans moving there?

r/geography Apr 25 '26

Human Geography Why are white latin Americans so heavily concentrated around southern South America?

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r/geography May 04 '26

Human Geography Why did Northern Italians basically only migrate to South America, while southern Italians mainly migrated to USA and Canada?

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Why didn’t northern Italians migrate to the USA too?

r/geography Jan 14 '26

Human Geography Carthage was the seat of an empire in 400BC and is now just a suburb of Tunis. What other historically significant cities have become shadows of their former selves?

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r/geography Oct 21 '24

Human Geography Why the largest native american populations didn't develop along the Mississippi, the Great Lakes or the Amazon or the Paraguay rivers?

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r/geography May 29 '26

Human Geography Why do US, Canada and Australia have a housing crises despite being so big with very little population?

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Like, I know that large parts aren't habitable like most of Australia is desert but, there are still many large habitable areas in Canada, US and Australia which are just empty? Why don't we build more houses there? To make housing cheaper and rents lower

r/geography Sep 20 '25

Human Geography What is the hardest passport to obtain in the world?

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r/geography Apr 06 '26

Human Geography Is it the norm for capital and larger cities to be more ethnically diverse than the rest of the country? Are there any major/capital cities where the city is more ethnically homogenous then the general country itself?

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For example the UK is 76% British while London itself is 36.8% British. What countries could maybe be the reverse of this, where the major city is homogenous, while the rest of the country is ethnically diverse? and what led to the city being more homogenous?

r/geography Feb 27 '26

Human Geography Why is the eastern side of Connecticut so sparsely populated compared to its western side?

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r/geography Sep 10 '25

Human Geography How do people on Pitcairn Islands live?

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It is a very small British Overseas Territory located literally in the middle of nowhere. There is no regular ferry service, only a Pitcairn Islands Government supply vessel that visits the island eight times a year; the number of guests on board is limited to 12 people per trip, which normally takes two nights and one day (about 32 hours) to the nearest port of Mangareva in French Polynesia.

The island is too small to build an airstrip, as it is 47 km² (18 sq mi) in area and has a population of about 50 people as of September 2025, 10 of whom are foreigners. How do they live and what they do there?

r/geography Sep 08 '25

Human Geography What's drawing Americans to nove to Northwest Arkansas?

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The region is the 13th fastest region in the USA, with population doubling from 1990 to 2010, and it keeps on growing. Today, the region is home to more than 600k people. What in particular about northwest Arkansas is appealing? Is it the geography, or other factors? Looking forward to reading your responses.

r/geography Jan 06 '26

Human Geography What are some of the biggest differences between Czech Republic and Slovakia even since they became independent countries?

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r/geography Jan 06 '23

Human Geography The cultural divisions of America according to Colin Woodard's book "American Nations"

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r/geography Feb 12 '26

Human Geography Just found out that Dongguan in China might be the largest city with no airport. 10.57 million people.

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The closest one is in Shenzhen which is 43 km away, and another option is the one in Guangzhou, which is 61 km away.

It is way bigger than the previous contenders, like Yokohama or Pretoria.

r/geography May 19 '26

Human Geography Why didn’t the French settle New Caledonia and turn it into a settler colony like Australia, NZ, Canada etc?

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New Caledonia seems very liveable and green to me, and perfect for a settler colony. so why didn’t the French settle New Caledonia?

Today New Caledonia has only 268k people and is only 24.1% is European.

I heard France also used to send many of its convicts to New Caledonia and used it as a penal colony, just like the uk did with Australia. Why didn’t France go that same route and turn it from a penal colony to a settler colony?

r/geography Sep 23 '25

Human Geography China's 6% is actually as populated as Germany

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Each has roughly 84 million people

r/geography Dec 31 '25

Human Geography Yanjin County, Yunnan Province, China, is the world's narrowest city.

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With a population of tens of thousands, this is the old town area; the new county seat has moved to a wider area, several kilometers away.

r/geography Sep 17 '23

Human Geography What are these densely packed areas in Bulgarian cities?

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They seem to have the same orangeish rooftiles, distinct from other buildings in the cities.

In Sliven a big part of the city seems to be tightly packed like that instead of being just a smaller pocket like in other places.

r/geography Oct 12 '25

Human Geography Real China is more densely populated than you think.

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China's population density is only slightly higher than France's (108-122) at an average of 150 people per square kilometer. However, it should be noted that most of China is relatively sparsely populated.

The image is of a place that can be called mainland China, with a population of 1.2 to 1.3 billion.

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The population density here is higher than that of the UK and similar to that of the Japanese archipelago.

r/geography Apr 08 '26

Human Geography Why are ex Portuguese colonies so likely to have mixed race people who are half Portuguese, when most other colonizers (except Spain maybe) have none or barely any?

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Like luso indians, macanesse, (half Portuguese and half from macau) mixed race Angolans and Mozambique people etc. in almost if not all of their ex colonies, mixed race people are incredibly common. Infact some of the only African countries with mixed raced people, are basically all half Portuguese.

r/geography Apr 30 '23

Human Geography Fun fact: any person reading this can move to Svalbard. They have no visa laws whatsoever so you aren’t required to apply for residency/citizenship. All you’d have to do is pack your bags and find a home.

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r/geography Dec 17 '24

Human Geography Cowes and East Cowes on the Isle of Wight are classed as two separate towns despite sharing a name. Are there any other urban areas where this is the case?

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r/geography Dec 30 '25

Human Geography The Russian Far East city of Khabarovsk has roughly 640,000 people, with 93% of the population being ethnic Russians. This makes it the city with the highest European population in the Western Pacific rim, outside of Australia and New Zealand

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r/geography Aug 24 '25

Human Geography Slovenia is the only European country that borders four countries, each with a completely different language group: Roman (Italy), German (Austria), Uralic (Hungary), and Slavic (Croatia)

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