What to expect when the power grid goes down.

[Mortblanc]

How is the grid going down in New Orleans, USA different than the grid going down in Manchester, England?

We are speaking of cities very similar in size, population and function. I think that in this case a city, is a city, is a city.

The U.S has less population density due to the space between the cities, not the reduced size of the population in the cities.

Almost 1/3 (100,000,000) of our population resides in the east coast megalopolis. Another 1/4 (90,000,000) reside in the State of California. That means that more than 2/3 the U.S. population resides within 90 miles of the east, west or Gulf of Mexico coasts. The remaining 1/3 are left to fill the 3,000 miles between oceans.

From my observation, I believe the differences in outcome will be due to the nature of the people in the crisis areas. The variations in response and reaction due to cultural background.