WashingtonPost Wonkblog GIF compares "value" of land in US to area of land in US.

[kristopher]

No surprise, but coastal land looms large in this representation:




A stunning map shows how living on America’s coasts really is so different
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/12/a-stunning-map-shows-how-living-on-americas-coasts-really-is-so-different/

[uppityperson]

1. By "value" do you mean cost?

[kristopher]

2. Link to article added.

[uppityperson]

3. Thanks, it's a big difference, coastal vs inland. Central states are much more affordable

[kristopher]

4. That's because they don't have the ocean.

OF course, if we can manage to leave the corporations in charge, that map will change as they continue to rid us of all that pesky Greenland and Arctic Ice .

[uppityperson]

5. You'd think we coastal people would pay less because we can't go in all directions because

of the big blue wet thing but no. For some reason that is a selling point. I live on a hill so will someday have the ocean at my property maybe.

[kristopher]

6. 8-)

I'm 14 ft above mean sea level. I plan on moving to the Rocky's.

[newfie11]

7. Give us time

The ocean may come to us😀

[HereSince1628]

8. Looks like the beta weight on value is as much being metropolitan

as it is being coastal, long lengths of non-urban coast disappear in that projection, while cities everywhere buldge.

No doubt a handful of factors are in play in land values.

Another thing to consider with this map is that money buys influence. It seems likely that this projection indicates where that power is situated.