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Attjack t1_ixd95e4 wrote

As a Pacific NW resident there's far more forest on the eastern part of the nation than I expected.

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King_XDDD t1_ixebu4i wrote

I'm from New England and I knew that Maine, NH, and Vermont are basically entire states of forest, but the rest of the east had more forest than I expected as well.

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planning_throwaway1 t1_ixfv1xx wrote

We have big cities but not as much suburban sprawl compared to the rest of the country. Once you get to upstate NY or new england, it's all woods and rivers and mountains. Pretty nice

People really sleep on how beautiful the NE is just because they get their first impression from NYC or Philly or whatever

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So_spoke_the_wizard t1_ixfylnr wrote

And as a New Englander, there's a lot less forest in the Rockys, Cascades, and west coast than I expected.

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sgigot t1_ixg11zb wrote

The Appalachians are covered in trees, as are large swathes of the subtropical southeast.

Land tends to become forest if it has enough moisture, isn't suppressed by critters, and doesn't burn. Human forest fire suppression has tended to increase forest cover, although some of that is self-interest. Lots of tree farms out there, but the biodiversity of a quarter of identical-aged pine trees destined for the sawmill is nothing compared to an old-growth forest (or something disrupted by a tornado/fire/etc.)

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