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A massive national park, the size of California, with only 5 million people I'm sorry but that's an incredibly ignorant thing to say. NZ is not a massive natio
by lacampbell 10y ago
A massive national park, the size of California, with only 5 million people
I'm sorry but that's an incredibly ignorant thing to say. NZ is not a massive national park. Take a brief glance at it on google maps. Most of it is light green - farmland.
We have about the same forest area % as Idaho. Or is that a massive national park as well?
- jessaustin 10y agoIdaho is very nice! Lots of wonderful public lands, although not all of that is forest. [0] It's more agricultural than Utah or Nevada, but it wouldn't really be considered a breadbasket. It's not particularly diverse, but that will probably change eventually. [0] e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craters_of_the_Moon_National_Monument_and_Preserve https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craters_of_the_Moon_National_M...
- geebee 10y agoI learn a lot from debating on HN. I will avoid saying this in the future. I will agree that the statement is ignorant if taken very literally and, in my opinion, uncharitably. I don't actually think NZ is literally a giant national park, though it is a naturally beautiful and relatively undeveloped place. Still in highly contentious arguments it's best to avoid giving people the opportunity to call you ignorant, so in future iterations I'll certainly be more careful.
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