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Land use in the US (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 2 years ago (21 children)

This is a weird ass pie chart using the US map as a base right? If I am correct then this is a terrible way to display this data.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 years ago (6 children)

i really do not understand how anyone can be confused by this, obviously it's not a geographical map because new mexico does not contain the sum total of all american railways..

It's a fine graph that gives an intuitive sense for how much area is used for each thing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's really funny to imagine it literally, though.

"We'll I'd heard some bad things about West Texas highways, but this just seems excessive."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

No no, that's the Grand Texan Runway for landing and takeoff of the death star!

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