Population Density:
870/sqmi
1313/sqmi
Land Area:
146,000 sqmi
39,000 sqmi
GDP (PPP) per capita:
$44,426
$44,210
Density of capital region:
3430/sqmi
5646/sqmi
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People love to argue that the USA is too large, too sparse, and/or too rich to support passenger rail. By all these metrics, South Korea should have much heavier rail use than Japan. But in real life...
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Replying to @380kmh
Density at that scale doesn't matter very much for rail ridership - What seems to mostly matter is density within close proximity of the station and the intensity of development of business districts.
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Replying to @TaupeAvenger
South Korea is (as far as I can tell) on par with Japan re: density near stations, and exceeds Japan re: intensity of development of business districts.
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