Military land in each state -

[packman]

More detail, statistics:

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/how-much-land-does-the-u-s-military-control-in-each-state/

[multigraincracker]

1. Headline made me think

there was an invasion going on.

[Karadeniz]

2. Interesting !

[underpants]

3. I'd have thought Virginia would be higher

Lots of military money here.

[niyad]

4. Fascinating. Thank you so much for sharing. So it only seems like the

military owns half of Colorado Springs.

[Polybius]

5. Alaska should be much higher

Being so close to Russia.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. No forts in Michigan or Minnesota to keep out the crazy Canuck invaders!

Everybody knows they've been planning a take-over for decades; every piece of plywood and OSB in my house has that maple leaf stamped on it.

[Novara]

7. And most of it is contaminated as hell

The military isn't subject to the same environmental laws as private corporations and as a result, their lands are contaminated as hell. It's also why, if bases are closed and turned over to municipalities, massive cleanup operations must be undertaken before anything can be done with them.