Not just near stuff... most people don't want to live in the middle of a desert, or where there's snow on the ground 9+ months a year (a lot of that undeveloped

Not just near stuff... most people don't want to live in the middle of a desert, or where there's snow on the ground 9+ months a year (a lot of that undeveloped land is in Alaska, and not the little coastal strip where 90% of the population lives, either)