I doesn't matter that you live outside the city. See this site and look at the map that shows the amount of property the Federal Government already owns.
http://www.freedom21.org/alternative-2/chapter2.htm
I live in OR 10 miles from the CA border. Roughly 83% of the state is owned "publicly" - fed or state. The valley I live in is even more than that - I think it's 87%. What does that mean? Lots of pretty scenery, but no one can live there, buy it, do anything with it.
It is very, very wrong.