You want to see a crazy patchwork... check this out:
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.7723317,-123.3430591,31329m/...
Those squares are the result of land being sold off to fund railroads.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_and_California_Railroad...
It's way worse where I live in terms of jarring patchwork, and it's still one of the more forested areas in France.
https://www.google.fr/maps/place/@45.5731524,1.8908994,18497...