The latest US census says shows there are 47835 shopping malls or strip malls in the country. If you count only the enclosed malls, there are about 1100. (ask/question/how-many-malls-are-in-america) 4000+ (arguably?) hospitals in the americas (ahd/state_statistics.html aha.org/research/rc/stat-studies/fast-facts.shtml) 4000+ animal shelters in the us (statisticbrain/animal-shelter-statistics/ oxfordpets/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61) Currently 3373 Homeless Shelters and Social Services. (supposedly) (homelessshelterdirectory.org/ https://google/search?q=number+of+homeless+shelters+in+the+united+states&rlz=1CASMAE_enUS549US549&oq=number+of+homeless+shelters&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.7592j0j4&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8) 3.5 Million Homeless and 18.5 Million Vacant Homes in the US. (arguably https://google/search?q=number+of+vacant+homes+in+the+us&rlz=1CASMAE_enUS549US549&oq=number+of+vacant&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.6404j0j9&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8) 58 national parks attributing to over a third of the land (here america, supposedly (parks.mapquest/national-parks/ nps.gov/faqs.htm) 400 amusement parks in the us (iaapa.org/resources/by-park-type/amusement-parks-and-attractions/industry-statistics) Just to illustrate the degree of biodiversity loss were facing, let’s take you through one scientific analysis... The rapid loss of species we are seeing today is estimated by experts to be between 1,000 and 10,000 times higher than the natural extinction rate.* These experts calculate that between 0.01 and 0.1% of all species will become extinct each year. If the low estimate of the number of species out there is true - i.e. that there are around 2 million different species on our planet** - then that means between 200 and 2,000 extinctions occur every year. But if the upper estimate of species numbers is true - that there are 100 million different species co-existing with us on our planet - then between 10,000 and 100,000 species are becoming extinct each year. *Experts actually call this natural extinction rate the background extinction rate. This simply means the rate of species extinctions that would occur if we humans were not around. (wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/biodiversity/biodiversity/ pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/03/2/l_032_04.html) More oil and gas drilling occurs in America every year than anywhere else in the world! : Since 1950, 2.6 million oil and natural gas wells have been drilled in the U.S. 1 By the end of 2009 there were a combined total of 824,847 producing oil and gas wells in the United States.2 As of the first week in February 2011, there were 1,739 rotary drilling rigs operating in U.S. As of the first week in February 2011, there were 1,739 rotary drilling rigs operating in U.S. lands and waters, more than in any other country in the world.3 (beyondoil.files.wordpress/2011/04/drilling-in-america-february-2011.pdf blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/energy/oil_and_gas/statistics.html) 160, 000 fast food restaurants in america grossing over $110 billion dollars??? (statisticbrain/fast-food-statistics/ pamf.org/teen/health/nutrition/fastfood.html) The National Association of Theater Owners is the best Website for any statistical information. For example, in 2007 there were 5,928 theaters, 383 of them being drive-ins. And there were 38,794 screens with 635 of them being drive-ins. So analyzing this, the average drive-in has about 2 screens and the average indoor theater has about 6 screens. And there are almost 20 times as many indoor theaters as drive-ins, and 50 times as many screens. (cinematreasures.org/blog/2008/11/7/how-many-movie-theaters-are-there-in-the-us-today natoonline.org/data/us-movie-screens/) Hartford Institute estimates there are roughly 350,000 religious congregations in the United States. (hirr.hartsem.edu/research/fastfacts/fast_facts.html) Fun Fact: There are more churches (450,000) in the USA than there are convenience stores (146,341), fast food restaurants (160,000), and hotels/motels (46,295, not counting casino hotels) combined (352,636 total). more, in fact, even if you added hospitals, animal shelters AND homeless shelters..... (reddit/r/atheism/comments/1i4k23/fun_fact_there_are_more_churches_450000_in_the/)
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