Land Availability Debate

The cluster revolves around discussions on the abundance versus scarcity of land, particularly in the US, for housing, farming, and development, debating the usability of rural, desert, or non-fertile land versus desirable farmland and urban areas.

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Sample Comments

oneoff786 Dec 20, 2022 View on HN

Is the answer large swaths of land that isn’t great for farming?

KaiserPro Feb 12, 2021 View on HN

because the cities don't have that much land. its the farm land one would need to reclaim

occamrazor Jun 7, 2023 View on HN

There is plenty of land, but not where most people want to live.

refactor_master Feb 23, 2021 View on HN

It’s a massive waste of land though.

nicoco Aug 20, 2023 View on HN

Doesn't "lots of land" works for the US too?

_m8fo Jan 26, 2017 View on HN

There's plenty of land in the United States. Maybe it'll sit on some of that?

Gordonjcp May 2, 2022 View on HN

Only if that land can be used for growing crops. Nearly all of it can't be used for growing crops.

caoilte Feb 16, 2022 View on HN

a lot of land can be dual use (eg reservoirs / building roofs) or is of negligable value for anything else (desert)

socialismisok Oct 10, 2022 View on HN

Or farmland, because that's just unused space, right?

RandomLensman Mar 16, 2023 View on HN

Is there no land to build on left as everything is agriculture?