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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
The inverse trend is seen in Western Europe, so I don't think that's it

It's probably due to population density. Gas lines are expensive, but not if a lot of households in a small area are connected to it
gpt
That's my guess too. The gas supplied areas are probably centered around the big population areas. Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, etc etc. Alot of that infastructre is probably from the 50's etc. Maintained but built upon preexisting infastructre. Electric stoves didn't really become good until the past couple decades. So cities that grew more recently, Miami, Atlanta, Houston etc would have just opted to not build the gas infastructre and relied on electric. That's my theory anyway.