The World Bank has interesting data about how many cars we have. It looks like some countries had a huge increase in cars per 1000 people over the last few years.
| Rank | Country | 1999 | 2003 |
| 1 | New Zealand | 436 | 613 |
| 2 | Canada | 468 | 561 |
| 3 | Germany | 386 | 545 |
| 4 | Italy | 476 | 545 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 449 | 511 |
| 6 | Austria | 387 | 501 |
| 7 | France | 405 | 495 |
| 8 | United States | 573 | 482 |
| 9 | Belgium | 385 | 470 |
| 10 | Sweden | 426 | 455 |
| 11 | Spain | 309 | 455 |
| 12 | Slovenia | 289 | 446 |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 341 | 439 |
| 14 | Japan | 283 | 433 |
| 15 | Finland | 386 | 433 |
| 16 | Portugal | 162 | 429 |
| 17 | Norway | 380 | 424 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 368 | 383 |
| 19 | Ireland | 227 | 382 |
| 20 | Lithuania | 133 | 364 |
Now we have 6 countries over the “1 car every 2 people” threshold: New Zealand, Canada, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Austria. The United States decreased their number of cars relative to population. Who is wealthier and who’s behind? Should we conclude that public transportation is a sign of really more advanced economies?
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Wow that is some interesting data! Canada has lots of cars because everything is so spread out! hahaha and we have sucky public transportation! I think something can be said about the number of cars and the development of the transit systems for sure! Are you happy to be back in Italy?
You mean Canadian public transportation sucks even more than the Italian one? I’m impressed 
Anyhow, yes, I’m happy to be back in Italy! I like to travel once in a while and NYC is wonderful but at the end of the day I love the place where I live.
How are you doing? Have you found a teaching job?
