cupcakezealot,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

the blue part at the top should actually read “federal, national, and state parks made up of stolen tribal lands”.

runner_g,

I think that’s true of the entire country, except maybe the desert between Phoenix and Vegas.

MindSkipperBro12,

Should’ve defended it better😎

Godric,

Damn, Michigan is lazy asf

outer_spec,
@outer_spec@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Fuck it, united single-use zones of America

IverCoder,

Cotton

TotallynotJessica,

Rip South Carolina and their Rhode Island sized golf course.

AVincentInSpace,

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

Umbrias,

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.

DonkeyShot,

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).

unipadfox,

No section for parking lots? That would probably take up about 25% of the map

Player2,

Most likely part of ‘urban commercial’ and the housing sections

w1Ldc4rD,

This infographic gave me Downs Syndrome.

repungnant_canary,

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

uriel238,
@uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Mining in the US is too tiny to note?

repungnant_canary,

I guess it mostly uses land vertically not horizontally

DontRedditMyLemmy,

Cemeteries don’t deserve a call-out?

captain_aggravated,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

“Rural housing”

cupcakezealot,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

that’s where your rent control is

doctorcrimson,

Most of Montana, 62% officially, is fields so that seems really inaccurate

Player2,

The position on the diagram is arbitrary, it just shows the proportion of land use type

doctorcrimson,

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.

lemillionsocks,
@lemillionsocks@beehaw.org avatar

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.

ChaoticNeutralCzech,
@ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de avatar

Poor people of Cleveland. The ground being covered in maple syrup sure is a sticky situation.

KermitLeFrog,

It’s a little bit too far east for Cleveland, more like Ashtabula. But we do actually have a lot of maple trees

Stovetop,

Vermont as urban? Vermont? The state with the least amount of people in it?

Viking_Hippie,

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 😄

Player2,

The locations are arbitrary, it’s just visualizing total land usage. In reality everything would be intermixed

wreckedcarzz,
@wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world avatar

Nope, it’s official, we’re all moving to Vermont now. Your current home will be demolished in 72 hours or less.

Franzia,

Please. My shithole house was built more than 100 years ago and despite all the repairs and improvements, its original design was likely its best and easiest to maintain. Also the rural location is bad. It was a great town 100+ years ago.

Franzia,

OP do you know where this is from its cool?

Player2,
captainlezbian,

I’m shocked at how small desert is

isthingoneventhis,

Maybe because half of Arizona got turned into fucking cow “pastures” and alfalfa farms for some stupid reason.

Riven,
@Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

For foreign governments to buy. That way they don’t have to use their own water to grow it. Not even joking give it a Google.

MindSkipperBro12,

Nothing wrong with that

Riven,
@Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Except for the part we’re Arizona is running out of water for their residents so these farm owners can make a profit by effectively selling the water to another country in the form of food for cattle.

Ah capitalism.

GaiusBaltar,

Cool graphic! Data sources?

Player2,
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