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Sunbelt Blues
Mar. 2nd, 2023 07:40 amI recently read Andrew Ross's 2021 book Sunbelt Blues: The Failure of American Housing. It's not a long book, but it still took me more than two months to finish. There's nothing wrong with the writing; it's just depressing.
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Anyway, the main thing I took away from Sunbelt Blues is that apparently the Mormons bought up a bunch of wildlife preserves, which they plan to use as a biological ark in the event of an apocalypse. As a result, the Church of Latter-day Saints is the largest landowner in Florida. True story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deseret_Ranches
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Anyway, the main thing I took away from Sunbelt Blues is that apparently the Mormons bought up a bunch of wildlife preserves, which they plan to use as a biological ark in the event of an apocalypse. As a result, the Church of Latter-day Saints is the largest landowner in Florida. True story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deseret_Ranches
