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Re:Canada’s Forgotten Rainforest by Bayart on Sunday July 28, 2019 @02:40PM (#20549117)
>Most countries in Europe don't do this.

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...

Re:Canada’s Forgotten Rainforest by davidw on Sunday July 28, 2019 @04:27PM (#20549670)
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...

Re:Canada’s Forgotten Rainforest by Bayart on Tuesday July 30, 2019 @07:50AM (#20563960)
Zoom back a bit, and it looks like your landscape has dying GPU syndrome.