# Why do Canada and Australia have so few people? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 25, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-canada-and-australia-have-so-few-people/747071 "2016-02-25T04:34:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 388
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-canada-and-australia-have-so-few-people/747071/388 "2016-03-01T21:52:09Z")
> [@A Valuable Lesson Learned (TMI warning)...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valuable-lesson-learned-tmi-warning/98695/11): > > … > Real estate in Florida is, in general, not particularly expensive. Because Florida is actually a pretty large area. Florida is only expensive on the coasts. If you want a property within spitting distance of a beach, you’re paying millions. A similar property a mile from the beach? Literally 1/10th the price. My mother in law lives in a dirt cheap retirement community in West Palm Beach… **HAMMER** (_to the crowd_) Florida, folks! Singing, dancing and entertainment! After the entertainment, there’ll be sandwiches. But, remember, if there are no lots sold, there’ll be no sandwiches. Florida, folks! Sunshine, sunshine! Perpetual sunshine all the year around! Let’s get the auction started before we get a tornado. Right this way. Step forward, everybody. Friends, you are now in Cocoanut Manor, one of the finest cities in Florida. Of course, we still need a few finishing touches, but who doesn’t? This is the heart of the residential district. Every lot is a stone’s throw from the station. As soon as they throw enough stones, we’re going to build a station. Eight hundred wonderful residences will be built right here. Why, they’re as good as up. Better. You can have any kind of a home you want to. You can even get stucco – Oh, how you can get stuck-o! Now is the time to buy while the new boom is on. Remember that old saying: “a new boom sweeps clean” and don’t forget the guarantee – my personal guarantee: If these lots don’t double in value in a year, I don’t know what you can do about it. Now then, we’ll take lot number twenty – lot number twentah – right at the corner of DeSoto Avenue. Of course, you all know who DeSoto was. He discovered a body of water. You’ve all heard of the water that they named after him, De Soda Water? Now, this lot has a twenty foot frontage, a fourteen foot backage and a mighty fine garbage. Now what am I offered for this lot? Anything at all? Anything at all? (1929, Marx Brothers _The Cocoanuts_) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-canada-and-australia-have-so-few-people/747071)._