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I only have firsthand experience in the US but it makes a lot of sense to me that the influence of colonization by Britain would cause all of the listed countri

I only have firsthand experience in the US but it makes a lot of sense to me that the influence of colonization by Britain would cause all of the listed countries to have similar issues related to land use.

downrightmike 2y ago
Every state west of the Mississippi has at least 50% of all land owned by the Fed Gov and isn't used at all. We have plenty of land, that isn't a real problem.
- Terr_ 2y ago
  Much of that are involves forests far away from where people would want to live anyway. Often without roads. When people say the issue is land, that usually implies a very particular smaller subset of land which is in proximity other populations, economic centers, and with certain features and infrastructure.
  - Qwertious 2y ago
    There are also plenty of houses in recently a abandoned ghost towns. The catch is that they were mostly abandoned due to lack of jobs nearby, meaning nobody could afford to live there.
- sach1 2y ago
  I don't know that that is what they were claiming. Land use policy != Land availability. If it was, Russia would have ended homelessness 500 years ago.
- supertimor 2y ago
  This is not actually true. There are only 5 states with federally owned land over 50% (Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Alaska and Oregon). Other states west of the Mississippi don’t necessarily have a large percentage of federal land. For instance, Texas only has 1.78% that is federally owned, Arkansas at 9.38%, Oklahoma at 1.59%, Kansas at 0.52%, and the Dakotas at 3.91% and 5.41%. In fact, there are only ten states with over 30% of federally owned land in the Union, granted they are all in the Western part of the States. 2024 https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/federal-land-by-state https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/federal-lan... These have a cleaner interface but are from 2018 https://wisevoter.com/state-rankings/federal-land-by-state/ https://wisevoter.com/state-rankings/federal-land-by-state/ https://ballotpedia.org/Federal_land_ownership_by_state https://ballotpedia.org/Federal_land_ownership_by_state

downrightmike 2y ago

Every state west of the Mississippi has at least 50% of all land owned by the Fed Gov and isn't used at all. We have plenty of land, that isn't a real problem.

Terr_ 2y ago
Much of that are involves forests far away from where people would want to live anyway. Often without roads. When people say the issue is land, that usually implies a very particular smaller subset of land which is in proximity other populations, economic centers, and with certain features and infrastructure.
- Qwertious 2y ago
  There are also plenty of houses in recently a abandoned ghost towns. The catch is that they were mostly abandoned due to lack of jobs nearby, meaning nobody could afford to live there.
sach1 2y ago
I don't know that that is what they were claiming. Land use policy != Land availability. If it was, Russia would have ended homelessness 500 years ago.
supertimor 2y ago
This is not actually true. There are only 5 states with federally owned land over 50% (Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Alaska and Oregon). Other states west of the Mississippi don’t necessarily have a large percentage of federal land. For instance, Texas only has 1.78% that is federally owned, Arkansas at 9.38%, Oklahoma at 1.59%, Kansas at 0.52%, and the Dakotas at 3.91% and 5.41%. In fact, there are only ten states with over 30% of federally owned land in the Union, granted they are all in the Western part of the States. 2024 https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/federal-land-by-state https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/federal-lan... These have a cleaner interface but are from 2018 https://wisevoter.com/state-rankings/federal-land-by-state/ https://wisevoter.com/state-rankings/federal-land-by-state/ https://ballotpedia.org/Federal_land_ownership_by_state https://ballotpedia.org/Federal_land_ownership_by_state