Best Continent

[Asher]

Originally posted by alva
European cities have great history yet are modern and not so crowded.

Just a small correction.

History is fun as a tourist, but in the real world it means obsolete infrastructure and poor quality buildings.

And they are definitely crowded, the major ones anyway.

[Gangerolf]

Originally posted by Asher
In that it is more liberal?

that and the looks and style and stuff. I haven't been there myself since I was 5, this is just what I've heard from people who visited/live(d) there.

oh and thanks to ww2 and communism, there is plenty of nice modern architecture to be found in Europe

[Theben]

ZOMFG TEHRE's a NAZI PLATE!11!!1!

[Colonâ„¢]

Originally posted by Asher

History is fun as a tourist, but in the real world it means obsolete infrastructure and poor quality buildings.

Maybe you shouldn't hang around in the touristy areas that much.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Odin

Um, Oerdin, I thought you were a Geology major. You should know that that was in the PERMIAN PERIOD.

That's because Laurasia (NA, Greenland, & Europe) docked with Siberia in the late Carboniferous period. The Urals were formed when when Laurasia slammed into Siberia (later China and India slammed into that landmass while NA and Greenland went their own way) forming the Urals.

As I said the Urals were formed when Europe (eastern Laurasia) hit the seporate Siberian plate.

[chequita guevara]

North America has more fresh water than all the other continents.

Oerdin, the Urals are an ancient mountain system, like the Apalacians. It is the former continental boundry, like back from the days of Pangea and Godwanland. And you a geo major.

[mrmitchell]

New York is perhaps the most European city on the continent, which is why it sucks.

Asher just lost 25 million cool points.

[Mercator]

Naza plate?

[chequita guevara]

Nazca

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by mrmitchell

Asher just lost 25 million cool points.

He had cool points to lose?

[Dinner]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
North America has more fresh water than all the other continents.

Oerdin, the Urals are an ancient mountain system, like the Apalacians. It is the former continental boundry, like back from the days of Pangea and Godwanland. And you a geo major.

Those micro plate still exist! Did you notice that the Baltica micro plate isn't there nor the Asia Minor micro plate nor even the Italian microplate? The reality is the plates aren't all that well put together and they break apart and move fairly easily since the energy involved is so large. That map is a layman's map designed to make things look simple for high schools. The reality is much more complex.

While the Urals aren't a very active margin it is never the less far more active then true plate interior areas like Germany. It's just easier for students to remember a few big plates then a few hundred franction lines and divisions with in plates.

[Gangerolf]

Europe is down to 50%

Crazy, overcrowded, but beautiful cities, Rome being a prime example off the top of my head + amazing nature you can hike in for weeks (Lappland, Masuria, whatever), all within a relatively cheap max 2-3 hour flight + all modern comforts, public healthcare and the best booze in the world + no probability of war in the near future = Europe is teh best place for Gangerolf to live.

not saying the rest is bad of course

[Mercator]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Nazca

I know that, but they clearly didn't.

[Mercator]

Oh, and as far as the poll is concerned...

The best continent is clearly Asia. It's got Mongolia in it.

[alva]

Originally posted by Asher

History is fun as a tourist, but in the real world it means obsolete infrastructure and poor quality buildings.

And they are definitely crowded, the major ones anyway.

No, it's means atmosphere. I hate those cemented/steel high rises.
Seeing as they've been standing for 500 (and longer) years I don't think the quality is all that bad.

All infrastructure is pretty much obsolete once it's build, not sure what you mean by that.