I've had University Professors astonished at the answer to the riddle. It goes to show how often we have been lied to.
Bottom line when people use words like overcrowded for the state of this Nation they have nothing at all to back up such a claim. We are not even close. Its just some folks choose to live in close proximity to other in cities but the vast majority of this nation is relatively empty. Especially out West.
Hell the area I live in in Southern Ohio has areas near me where you can walk for days and see not another soul.
And you would prefer to live in a place where your food has to be grown in the space between your feet?