[amyjess]

Mostly because that land is so inhospitable that nobody wants it.

[njarboe]

Lots of national forest land that many people would love to be able to live on. Check out the prices around Aspen which is surrounded by National forests.

[Scoundreller]

I’m really not familiar with the geography, or its history, but the feds only kept 2% of Texas. I’ll assume the rest became private.

[boomboomsubban]

To put it as succinctly as possible... Oil.