[SJackson]

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[sauropod]

Thank you for this article.

‘Pod

[Vigilanteman]

The irony in all of this is that immigrants aren't necessarily coming from more crowded areas. Somalia, for example, has a climate like southern California and a population density like Colorado. There is no valid argument for resettling them here.

In fact, Somalia ought to be a refugee DESTINATION because even if they were to have a population density like California (including the relatively unpopulated portion north of the bay area), they should be able to support an addition 46 MILLION people.

If the Jews or even the Chinese were running the country, they probably could.

[SaxxonWoods]

Centuries old story. Davy Crockett said it was time to move when you could see someone else’s campfire at night.

Plenty of great spots left though, thank goodness.

[blueunicorn6]

Oh no!

There are other people in the world!

That field I used to play in is now a convenience store!

I wish those other people would go away!

The problem is, those other people allow you to be where you are.

Those other people stock the shelves at the store.

Those other people plow the snow off the road.

Those other people grow your food.

Those other people keep the airport going.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

At present, bickering …has left any discussions of how to plan sensibly for the future, while maintaining the natural character of place that lures newcomers in droves, in a quagmire.”

That absolutely characterizes the situation in and around Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The once-beautiful Rathdrum Prairie, filled with century-old farms, is rapidly getting developed with huge subdivisions of affordable houses as people pour into the area. The stretch from Postfalls, ID north to Rathdrum, ID is going to be non-stop subdivisions real soon and not one crop will be grown there.

Unfortunately, there is no solution. Without growth controls, the prairie farmland is lost. With strict zoning and growth controls, you have much higher land and housing prices making the area unaffordable (just as happened in the San Francisco Bay Area).

There was a lot more breathing room in the country when we had "only" 150 million people (when I was a kid).

This looks a lot like the Rathdrum Prairie of old. You can still glimpse parts of it today, but you have to hurry.

[a real Sheila]

Aw man!
This SUCKS!
Montana has become our favorite state over the past few years, because of the wide open spaces and lack of people.
The skiing in Big Sky is unmatched.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

‘The US Population would shrink under a Zero Immigration scenario.’

And this is a problem because...? :)

We started watching Kevin Costner’s ‘Yellowstone’ last night. It’s awesome and covers a lot of the problems they’re having in the Wild, Wild, West. Very well written, good characters, interesting ‘problems.’

“Oscar and Emmy winner Kevin Costner is the marquee attraction of the ensemble cast in this drama series, starring as the patriarch of a powerful, complicated family of ranchers. A sixth-generation homesteader and devoted father, John Dutton controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. He operates in a corrupt world where politicians are compromised by influential oil and lumber corporations and land grabs make developers billions. Amid shifting alliances, unsolved murders, open wounds, and hard-earned respect, Dutton’s property is in constant conflict with those it borders — an expanding town, an Indian reservation, and America’s first national park.”