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I just want to call out that unimproved land is not free land. Someone owns it, be it private citizens, state governments, federal governments, or private trusts.

Not to mention, undeveloped land (especially land flat enough for solar) is still being used, generally for livestock.

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The government owns the majority of the unimproved land in the US. The government does not own the majority of the warehouses in the US. For instance, in my state, the majority of the land (40 million+ acres) is owned by the government. Another 20 million acres not owned by the government is unimproved. The majority of both those quantities is not merely unimproved but not being utilized for anything at all - not even livestock. (It's desert - very expensive to produce most livestock out here.) And it's not even in the top five states in terms of area. In some places not far from here, land can be purchased privately for $5 / acre. I think you underestimate just how much unused land there is in the USA.

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