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I think I agree with you. The world seems overcrowded to me. I've never been much of an out of doors person but sometimes I'd just like to get away from it al
by tgflynn 11y ago
I think I agree with you. The world seems overcrowded to me. I've never been much of an out of doors person but sometimes I'd just like to get away from it all. That seems difficult these days. Anywhere you go in the US it seems like the land is either privately owned or government owned with tons of regulations that nobody really wants to deal with. Those regulations are probably at least somewhat needed because without them the sheer number of people visiting government lands would probably do great damage. Anything above about 1 billion people on this planet seems probably suboptimal to me.
- bcg1 11y agoSome people think it should be 500 million: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones#Inscriptions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones#Inscriptio...
- dagw 11y agoNot overcrowded, just spread out too thin. The reason the US looks like it looks is that everybody wants an acre of land around their house, so they chop down forests and build suburbs instead. If people gave up on that notion and where willing to live in cities then there would be an abundance of unspoiled nature.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoEvery place is pretty much owned in America. Land is valuable. And there is admittedly little or no unspoiled land left. But don't blame houses. People in America still live on a tiny fraction of the land. Its all about farming and grazing and mining.
- mplscoder 11y agoThe Feds own most of the land. See chart "Federal Land as a Percentage of Total State Land Area" http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2014/04/the-ugly-facts-of-federal-government.html http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2014/04/the-ugly-facts-...
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoSure, and they rent it out for grazing, mining. Still nothing like 'unspoiled'.
- tgflynn 11y agoPersonally I don't necessarily care much about "unspoiled". I just wish there was a place I could legally go without paying tribute to the world machine and be free from outside interference with my mere existence. EDIT: In fact living in a world where such a simple act is not possible isn't a bad definition of hell in my opinion.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoWell, there's all that federal land, right? Personally I just walk out my door - I have 80 acres of rolling hills, trees, occasional waterways, deer, pheasant and miscellaneous critters. Bought by selling my quarter-acre in San Jose and relocating.