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10 sats \ 5 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 16 Jan \ parent \ on: The U.S. Government Owns Too Much Land (Wall Street Journal, Thomas Sowell) econ

Usually people buy things with intent to use them. If nat parks have tourist values, a new owner has a strong incentive to cater to it

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10 sats \ 4 replies \ @Satosora 16 Jan

A lot of this land wants to be used to develop and sell for housing. That would be such a loss.

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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 16 Jan

Why would that be a loss?

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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 16 Jan

How much undeveloped land is still left?

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 16 Jan

A shit ton, is my understanding

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 16 Jan

My guess is only a tiny fraction of the parkland is used for tourism, and that much of it could be redeveloped without much ecological cost

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