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America's biggest land users aren't cities or suburbs.
It isn't farms growing food. It's cows.
The real breakdown of US land use:
• Pastures for livestock dominate the map
• All urban areas (housing, offices, roads) fit in a tiny corner
• Cropland for human food? Far smaller than land used for animal feed
• Golf courses take up more space than you'd imagine
This changes every debate about land use.
• Christmas tree farms cover surprising territory
https://flowingdata.com/2018/08/01/how-america-uses-its-land/
This is one of those charts that is far more interesting than it is useful.
