These 10 People Collectively Own 33 Million Acres, Or 1.5% Of All US Land | Zero Hedge

These 10 People Collectively Own 33 Million Acres, Or 1.5% Of All US Land | Zero Hedge: " Investing in rural, undeveloped land continues to be a popular strategy among the affluent, according to the 2013 Land Report 100, the latest annual survey and ranking of the largest private landowners in the United States just published by The Land Report and presented by Fay Ranches. Increasingly seen as a “safe deposit box with a view,” acreages continue to be purchased by leading landowners at solid rates. In 2012, the country’s top 100 landowners cumulatively increased their private holdings by 700,000 acres to a total of 33 million acres, nearly 2 percent of U.S. land mass."

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