You wrote, "The US is completely settled from coast to coast, whereas here, all the major cities hug the coastline."
You might be surprised how low the population density is in many parts of the West. There are a lot of sun drenched square kilometers out here where no sign of human presence is visible at all. A lot of that has to do with the availability of water - no water, no inhabitants. It also is affected by the amount of land owned by the federal government (over 80% of Nevada, for example) where few if any people live.
My wife and I drove from Colorado Springs to San Diego last April. There's a whole lot of empty between here and there. I've also read that over 50% of all Americans live within 20 miles or so from the ocean. Of course, Australia has a land area roughly equal to the mainland 48 states with a population about 10% of America's, so you definitely have a lot of land out in the middle of nowhere.
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