September 27, 2006
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09/26/06 -
An Ohio Reader Says That Charges of “Racism”
Cannot Undermine Indisputable Facts
A Canadian Reader Gives Joe
Guzzardi A Geography Lesson—And Asks Him A Pointed
Question
From:
James Schipper
Re: Joe Guzzardi’s Column:
California’s Sprawl Driven By Population Growth (Which
Is Driven By…)
The area of the US without
Alaska is about 15 times larger than France that has
about 60 million people. Therefore the U.S. population
density is about 40 percent of
France's.
Since France is one of the least crowded countries in
Europe, by no means can the U.S. be called a crowded
country by international
standards.
Of
course, that does not prove that it is beneficial for
Americans to take in more immigrants, if only because
immigrants nowadays settle in urban areas.
This is true even of countries like
Canada which have so much empty space. About 40
percent of immigrants that come to Canada settle in the
Greater Toronto Area. About 75 percent end up in the
five largest cities.
By
the way, why does
Guzzardi still call himself an
Italian-American? Is that not a bit inconsistent
with his view that rapid assimilation is desirable?
Joe Guzzardi
replies:
Schipper makes a
good point about my use of Italian-American. I
frequently write the phrase—I suppose because it reads
better than “an American of Italian heritage”—
but never verbalize it. What I assure Schipper is that
all Guzzardis, who now span three generations in the
U.S., have never been anything except proud Americans
from day one.
