Houston MSA is 7.8m, when you talk about houston freeways you are necessarily talking about the burbs as well.
Regardless, its an inane ragebait comparison - the land isn’t wasted, most of Texas is empty. Houston has high density urban core (and even a metro) - probably much larger than this tiny Italian town’s city center.
That explains the number. Point still stands, though; it isn’t just a ragebait comparison, it highlights the amount of space needed for car infrastructure. You argue the space in Huston would be otherwise wasted because the rest of the province is empty, but remember when you mentioned Rome in another comment? Well, Lazio isn’t exactly a desert. And you might not see something as egregious as this, as it’s split all around the city, but it’s still space being used for cars instead of something else.
Another thing this comparison highlights is the amount of resources that goes into car infrastructure. And that still applies even in an otherwise empty province.
Houston MSA is 7.8m, when you talk about houston freeways you are necessarily talking about the burbs as well.
Regardless, its an inane ragebait comparison - the land isn’t wasted, most of Texas is empty. Houston has high density urban core (and even a metro) - probably much larger than this tiny Italian town’s city center.
That explains the number. Point still stands, though; it isn’t just a ragebait comparison, it highlights the amount of space needed for car infrastructure. You argue the space in Huston would be otherwise wasted because the rest of the province is empty, but remember when you mentioned Rome in another comment? Well, Lazio isn’t exactly a desert. And you might not see something as egregious as this, as it’s split all around the city, but it’s still space being used for cars instead of something else.
Another thing this comparison highlights is the amount of resources that goes into car infrastructure. And that still applies even in an otherwise empty province.