This raises an interesting question: what is the line between private property and the government owning and cordoning off increasingly huge swathes of US land and sealing it up for no future commercial or private use?
The difference between this
And this
I don’t have actual pictures of Chauvin Swamp and Town and Country subdivision. I hunted the swamp as a teen. It was pristine and beautiful. Developers came in during a long term drought that lasted about five years and started building homes. After returning from Vietnam, I went to my favorite squirrel woods and there was houses. (BIG Mistake, I had no business carrying a rifle in areas where others might be, too jumpy)
Then came the flood of 1973. Being in the guard I got called out to help stop the sightseers. Seeing the houses marching off into the water was amusing and sad. So, you and me built levy’s and pumping stations.
next came the great flood of 1985 and President Reagan came and he promised more of our money to protect the less than nice homes that now seemed to predominate “town and country’.
the last few times I was in that area, what was a beautiful swamp is now pretty much a slum. But, we are still paying to maintain the levy’s and pumps to keep the swamp from being a swamp.
So, yes, I can understand why folks dislike the Federal government from holding on to large portions of land. But yes, I also can understand that sometimes developers have nothing but their wallet in mind as they convert wilderness for all of us into overly touristy sites or worse, slums.
Try driving through Destin, Florida to get a taste to touristy.