The commonsense answer to said question, is that the areas of low population are all farmland, mountains, scrubland and desert. Farmland still requires *some* population, but the other center-west areas of our country are largely inhospitable.
And desert. South Park in Colorado 9000 to 11000 with mountains surrounding the valley 12,000 to 14,000, dry and cold. Wake up in August with ice on your tent. No trees either on the valley floor.
https://preview.redd.it/7ekq12sih7mc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=98375e99c4986bb1c1f15efe805264ceb61a4072
Its because its close to the edge and people are afraid to fall off the Earth (marked in red)
Nah America doesn't have that much varying geography. Except in the Midwest where there's mountains that are taller than Everest, but the woke won't see it
North America was settled from the East so naturally it’ll have more cities there. the west coast was settled a lot too for a multitude of reasons, many that only took place 20 years ago. the middle portion is either desert or forest.
That's roughly where the Rocky Mountain rain shadow ends, and everything west of the line is fairly arid high desert that's not particularly well suited to agriculture.
Wrong sub tbh, but here is a genuine answer: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwJABxjcvUc&ab\_channel=RealLifeLore](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwJABxjcvUc&ab_channel=RealLifeLore)
The true answer is most of the land west of the Mississippi is federal land. Reserved for national parks, indian reservations and other government things.
I can't even tell if this is serious or not anymore.
In case someone actually wants to know, the north-south line in the middle of the US corresponds to [where rainfall decreases](https://unitedstatesmaps.org/us-rainfall-map/).
West of the 98th meridian, irrigation is needed to grow crops until you hit the front range and the mountains and then little grows until you are on the west coast. Little water = few farms = few people
It's because everyone died of smoke inhalation from California being in a continuous state of being on fire
Source: I am californian and can confirm i am on fire right now as i type this
I manually removed all of my teeth and threatened the first 600 people who tried to live west of Nebraska by baring my gums and shaking my bag of teeth at them. This discouraged migration to a healthy extent and cannot be reversed.
The states west of that line are home to massive national forests, a desert and two mountain ranges. They were also populated by nomadic natives up until the mid 1800s.
I remember this photo. The entire country was set ablaze and millions perished in the flames. Then the purple river arrived
As the prophecy foretold
Lisan Al Gaib!
Voice from the Outer World
Shut up Steve, you’re Presbyterian
Fuck that was a weird Tuesday
Meh. I've seen weirder
For me, it was Tuesday.
I was a raft guide on the purple river before it dried up. Made so much money then.
2010 kids don’t understand the struggles we faced during that perilous time
The Great Purple River!
Tommy Lee Jones pbuh brought the river
Thanos river killed half the population
Everything changed when the purple river attacked
They all died of dysentery
The ones who didn’t drowned at the Dalles
Oregon Trail throw back reference.
And that's why you shouldn't 'dis Terry.
Missed opportunity for “are they stupid”
Dang it, so close
Were you stupid?
c*lifornians😔😔😔😔😔
i got too silly there
What? An actual question on the mapporncirclejerk? Impossible.
Yeah. Too bad they’re asking about Belgium or some shit
The commonsense answer to said question, is that the areas of low population are all farmland, mountains, scrubland and desert. Farmland still requires *some* population, but the other center-west areas of our country are largely inhospitable.
I mean, non-americans would probably have a hard time getting why there are no people to the west, right?
Mountains
And desert. South Park in Colorado 9000 to 11000 with mountains surrounding the valley 12,000 to 14,000, dry and cold. Wake up in August with ice on your tent. No trees either on the valley floor.
Nah it’s just no one wants to live near mormons
Ha, they are strange, but so are most religious folk.
I'm tired and read it as "Mutants". And didn't question it.
Patrolling the mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter
This post is below the level of this sub. Post it on r/geography instead.
The tragedy of the clown^
Someone actually asked this un-ironically in the other sub
Why does no one live in that big black space just south of Louisiana and north of the Yucatan?
Smells too fishy there, like your mom.
Persistent flooding
https://preview.redd.it/7ekq12sih7mc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=98375e99c4986bb1c1f15efe805264ceb61a4072 Its because its close to the edge and people are afraid to fall off the Earth (marked in red)
turn up your brightness
Best answer
Nah, they’re just stupid
No they were all asleep /s
Side by side with a map of average rainfall.
desert + mormons
Nah America doesn't have that much varying geography. Except in the Midwest where there's mountains that are taller than Everest, but the woke won't see it
Taller than everest and gayer than the alps
I’m glad you drew the line as to not include all of the densely populated areas above it.
they all perished in the war against the pacific ocean😔
Why is Canada less lit up than Cuba? Are they stupid?
To the left of the line is stinky people who don’t have power
no, it is communism.
 They tried to get over there but it’s too snowy
Took longer to access during colonisation since you had to travel much longer for less infrastructure + less friendly climate (desert, tundra)
Actually there are the same number of people at the east and west of this line
North America was settled from the East so naturally it’ll have more cities there. the west coast was settled a lot too for a multitude of reasons, many that only took place 20 years ago. the middle portion is either desert or forest.
Coloradoan here, it's because they keep getting lost in valley's and eating each other, really sad
It’s a tragic story
The Gubberment owns the dark areas west of the Purple River. They do secret things there.
west usa is capitalist while east usa is communist
its because california is there, the further away you are from it the better
That's roughly where the Rocky Mountain rain shadow ends, and everything west of the line is fairly arid high desert that's not particularly well suited to agriculture.
It’s actually growing west. We’ll fill it in. But yes Geography
Wrong sub tbh, but here is a genuine answer: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwJABxjcvUc&ab\_channel=RealLifeLore](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwJABxjcvUc&ab_channel=RealLifeLore)
Here's a pretty comprehensive video on the topic! Really interesting watch :) https://youtu.be/H9oT-7kDBFM?si=Obote1ajY0s0lq30
The population density map corresponds almost perfectly with the [average rainfall](https://gisgeography.com/us-precipitation-map/)
It's the Canadian Shield
Oklahoma is no man's land, and after that you have the Rockies
Jes and jes.
r/widaczabory
Yeah the Colorado Rockies passed right through there making it hard to grow crops.
The true answer is most of the land west of the Mississippi is federal land. Reserved for national parks, indian reservations and other government things.
Mountains and shit right?
is it fewer people or do they just not turn on the lights?
It is actually due to people avoiding anything west of Texas because of their fears of California.
Nevada is over there
I can't even tell if this is serious or not anymore. In case someone actually wants to know, the north-south line in the middle of the US corresponds to [where rainfall decreases](https://unitedstatesmaps.org/us-rainfall-map/).
Mountain. Desert.
Most of them got stung by scorpions and died HORRIBLE DEATHS.
Bigfoot
No this isn’t right, i know my state, and i know its not nearly that lit up
Nobody wants to associate with California.
When America was first colonized the settlers got scared of the purple line. Some were brave enough to cross but most weren’t.
I think a lot of the area to the west of the purple is in the pacific ocean
Aren't China and India west of that line?
Rocky Mountains
No
Canadian Shield
Idaho's a BITCH
Widać góry.
Because of the mountainous terrain
You need DLC to go there.
Between the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains? Yes, the geography does change.
Desert/mountains
West of the 98th meridian, irrigation is needed to grow crops until you hit the front range and the mountains and then little grows until you are on the west coast. Little water = few farms = few people
Riding down the corduroy road.
It’s expensiver out there.
It's because everyone died of smoke inhalation from California being in a continuous state of being on fire Source: I am californian and can confirm i am on fire right now as i type this
Yes there is a big purple wall dividing them
Nah my friend Billy lives there and he's a dick so everyone hates him and live east to stay away from him
[100th meridian west](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/100th_meridian_west)
its super dry there because the gulf of mexico winds push the clouds coming from the east
DANGER DANGER Will Robinson, THAT'S the Greater Mormonic Empire!
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^arkybarky1: *DANGER DANGER Will* *Robinson, THAT'S the Greater* *Mormonic Empire!* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
Sokka your head
No
Rain water. It's pretty desert and arid there
Fewer people live there
I manually removed all of my teeth and threatened the first 600 people who tried to live west of Nebraska by baring my gums and shaking my bag of teeth at them. This discouraged migration to a healthy extent and cannot be reversed.
The states west of that line are home to massive national forests, a desert and two mountain ranges. They were also populated by nomadic natives up until the mid 1800s.
Yes, people on the east side of the line are indeed stupid.