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Here's How America Uses Its Land

Started by Mugwump, July 31, 2018, 06:44:06 PM

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Mugwump

Here's How America Uses Its Land
By Dave Merrill and Lauren Leatherby
July 31, 2018

There are many statistical measures that show how productive the U.S. is. Its economy is the largest in the world and grew at a rate of 4.1 percent last quarter, its fastest pace since 2014. The unemployment rate is near the lowest mark in a half century.

What can be harder to decipher is how Americans use their land to create wealth. The 48 contiguous states alone are a 1.9 billion-acre jigsaw puzzle of cities, farms, forests and pastures that Americans use to feed themselves, power their economy and extract value for business and pleasure.

see map and more...

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-us-land-use/
Jon

?Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ?Wow! What a Ride!? ~ Hunter S. Thompson

Ron Sower

...that's an interesting presentation...thanks, Mugs!....
Happy Aquariuming,
Ron

LizStreithorst

I live within a grey square surrounded by green and yellow.  Sounds about right.  Lots of small homesteads with woods, pasture.  But Howard Industries and GE Aviation are right down Hwy 11 within Ellisville city limits.
Always move forward. Never look back.