> Even if the real estate/investment lobby is busy buying up all the "prime" land, its not like the US is a small country to work around them somewhere. 40% of

> Even if the real estate/investment lobby is busy buying up all the "prime" land, its not like the US is a small country to work around them somewhere. 40% of the US population lives in a coastal county: * https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/population.html https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/population.html Two-thirds of the US population lives with-in one hundred miles (160km) of the border: * https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone The US population is fairly concentrated, and it seems that many people like living next to other people (for personal and/or economic reasons).