When I think of the difference between where I grew up (England) and where I live (the USA), I think of space. No, not SpaceShipOne. Lots of land, an acre per house at least, one one side of the Atlantic, and small gardens on the other side. Correspondingly, sprawling cities and long commutes along traffic-choked freeways, versus compact towns in which a walk or short bus ride would get me anywhere I wanted to go. (In compact towns, buses and the like are actually useful. In sprawling cities, they are a waste of time, money, fuel, or quite possibly all three.)
The huge cities of California are well known for their smog. And Americans are stereotyped for never walking if they can drive. And neither of these is believed to be healthy. And now there are numbers to prove it.
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