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TheGruntingGoat t1_j1l51g9 wrote

Reply to comment by vanisaac in A population density map of Washington by Pecners

Could be this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkerboarding_(land)

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WikiSummarizerBot t1_j1l528j wrote

Checkerboarding (land)

>Checkerboarding refers to a situation where land ownership is intermingled between two or more owners, resulting in a checkerboard pattern. Checkerboarding is prevalent in the Western United States and Western Canada because of extensive use in railroad grants for western expansion, although it had its beginnings in the canal land grant era.

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vanisaac t1_j1l5883 wrote

It is very much not. There is basically no checkerboarding outside the foothills of the Cascades.

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