What kind of land do 100 largest landowning families have that it’s not covered under other categories? (Other than timberland in the top left?)
Private mansions, estates, forests I would imagine
Underwater land
I can't wait for lab grown meat.
I'm excited for the possibility of being an ethical cannibal. Imagine being able to take a tissue sample and then grow a steak that's made of you.
You can stop eating meat at any point. No need to wait for lab grown.
Social conditioning is a hell of a drug. I eat a fraction of the meat I used to but it's still hard to completely stop.
Imo we don't need a lot of people to become full vegetarians, we need everybody to eat less meat.
no way urban is that big compared to rural
does urban here include suburbia??
Where else would suburbia belong? The images I've seen from the US looks very much like urban environment
Yes it does frequently include the suburbs. Also there are LOTS of small cities that are urban - its not just NYC and Los Angelos. Its... Irvine, CA. Its... Portland, Oregon.
Cool graphic! Data sources?
No section for parking lots? That would probably take up about 25% of the map
Most likely part of 'urban commercial' and the housing sections
Wyerhauser?
Forestry company: https://www.weyerhaeuser.com/
daily reminder that most of the land that is used to grow livestock feed is land that is not fertile enough to grow things like wheat but can still grow things like grass
Yes, you are right, for pastures. The category Lifestock feed is soybean, corn, wheat, barley and triticale, all that goes into the stomachs of monogastric animals (pigs, poultry, ... humans).
Except its use as pasture has wrecked the ecosystem that would be there otherwise. From forcing certain plant life to driving out predators, "would still be grass" isn't really saying much when the damage is severe nonetheless.
Fuck it, united single-use zones of America
Vermont as urban? Vermont? The state with the least amount of people in it?
I think you'll find that Wyoming is the state with the fewest people.
You're right on your main point, though, it's not exactly Manhattan 😄
the blue part at the top should actually read "federal, national, and state parks made up of stolen tribal lands".
I think that's true of the entire country, except maybe the desert between Phoenix and Vegas.
Should’ve defended it better😎
Mining in the US is too tiny to note?
I guess it mostly uses land vertically not horizontally
Rip South Carolina and their Rhode Island sized golf course.
Cemeteries don't deserve a call-out?
"Rural housing"
that's where your rent control is
Most of Montana, 62% officially, is fields so that seems really inaccurate
The position on the diagram is arbitrary, it just shows the proportion of land use type
That makes much more sense, I wonder why they decided to post it without context. I just assumed it was some kind of "how the USA looks to a [...]" meme.
Ah that makes a lot of sense. I was wondering how the Adirondacks in NY and northern Vermont are "Urban Commercial housing" and north eastern tip of Ohio is maple syrup.
Cotton
This infographic gave me Downs Syndrome.
You wouldn't make the same comment but referring to skin colour instead of trisomy. So please don't use trisomy 21 in such a context
Damn, Michigan is lazy asf
