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by cstrahan 697 days ago
> Earth is already supporting more people than is sustainable.

By what metric? If it's a matter of available land, there's plenty to go around: open Google Maps, turn on satellite imagery, center the map on Arizona, USA and zoom in. Absolutely nothing but interstate roads and bushes. No buildings, no people, no nothing.

"There are over 11 million blocks in the U.S., and 47 percent of them are uninhabited."

https://www.fastcompany.com/3029826/mapping-all-the-places-i...

Our large, metropolitan cities may be more crowded than sustainable, but Earth != NYC.