In the southwest there are vast stretches where nobody lives, dropping population density in a distorted way.
In the southeast, there are vast stretches of lightly-populated land.
These are not at all the same thing in this context.
In the southwest there are vast stretches where nobody lives, dropping population density in a distorted way.
In the southeast, there are vast stretches of lightly-populated land.
These are not at all the same thing in this context.