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Interesting video. Another factor is the obscene amount of land owned by the federal government which has stop virtually all growth in rural areas in the wester
by agensaequivocum 4y ago
Interesting video. Another factor is the obscene amount of land owned by the federal government which has stop virtually all growth in rural areas in the western American states.
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y agoHave you actually been on that land? Almost all of the land owned by the federal government in the west is mostly unbuildable. It is a mix of forest land, scrub land, rock, and infertile dirt, generally with a complete lack of surface water and often not sitting on groundwater of any note. What little can be ranched often is. The idea that ownership by the federal govt is stopping rural growth out here is ridiculous. ps. I live in rural New Mexico, and travel widely across the western states, frequently staying on federally owned land.
- agensaequivocum 4y agoYes I live in Arizona. There wouldn't be as easy as other places, but the existing settlements prove otherwise.
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y agoThe existing settlements generally prove there's not much appetite for the substantial growth of random rural communities. There's a reason that Phoenix (and Tucson) exploded to become #5 in the nation, while hundreds/thousands of small communities remain pretty much as they were <back when>. The reason Patagonia isn't exploding is not nearby federal land ownership.