It's a Wonderful LIfe #6

This is the 6th reason we should give thanks for the times we live in (according to Reader's Digest).

#6. More wilderness
"Once you travel beyond the sprawling exurbs of America, you'll find plenty of open space and peaceful forests. Many of the prairies and woodlands cleared by settlers have returned now that the land is no longer needed for agriculture.
In recent decades, America has gained 70 million acres of wilderness, which is more than all the land currently occupied by cities, suburbs, and exurbs, according to Peter Huber, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute. And more people than ever can get to that wilderness because of the technology that we now routinely curse..."