Oh, poppycock. How about Russia, Georgia and the Ukraine ? All are resource rich, and woefully under populated, depopulating, in fact.
When people have more children, they'll be enough to fill them up, exploit their resources, and make all those good economies you are looking for.
People come first, then make the nice places to live and the good ecomonies; not the other way around.
Ever see a picture of Phoenix, Los Angeles, or Las Vegas before a lot of people lived there and made it all nice and green, with houses, stores, and well, economies ? It was barren desert, just like the pictures you decried. PEOPLE, and lots of them, made those nice places.
People are the ultimate resource, not the problem.
Oh, poppycock. How about Russia, Georgia and the Ukraine
Poppycock eh?
I was basically referring to the U.S. as I know this country.
You bring up Russia? I do know that place sucks, their climate sucks, and everyone living there wants to come here or some place more desirable.
All (Russias) are resource rich, and woefully under populated
Tell me, why aren't people moving to Russia by the millions?
I'll tell ya why, plain and simple, it's not desirable.