Good farmland also kinda turns into cities. I don't think anybody is really into bulldozing Orange County, but I think the humidity is enough that orange trees

Good farmland also kinda turns into cities. I don't think anybody is really into bulldozing Orange County, but I think the humidity is enough that orange trees don't need a whole lot of extra water. Manhattan was also (apparently) pretty great farmland. It would have been cool if we'd built the cities out in the desert - people need water, but it's just not the same scale. Then we could have left the great farmland for farming. We'd probably find a way to screw it up regardless. Tigris Euphrates was apparently paradise back in the day, same for the Nile. To my modern eye, they're all pretty much known for sand now. Honestly it's pretty incredible we're, well let me rephrase that. It's incredible _you_ produce so much from a damn near desert. I get it's easier to move water than homes. Shame the good land with plenty of water got built over.