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Re:Maine Is About to Become the First State to Ban Major New... by AshleyGrant on Thursday April 09, 2026 @04:11PM (#47709142)
Folks have been conditioned to consider the deserts of West Texas, especially the Permian Basin, to be wastelands with no redeeming value.

Personally, while it isn't my favorite landscape or even my favorite desert landscape, I still think it is a landscape with intrinsic value and beauty.

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Re:Maine Is About to Become the First State to Ban Major New... by ZeWaka on Thursday April 09, 2026 @04:37PM (#47709609)
Same with swamps and wetlands.
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