Community suitability of Massachusetts, United States Of America
Moderately suitable confidence B · live score 74
89
best land · p90
96%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Governance, safety & tenure 78
Economy & cost 95
Society, freedom & health 88
Land & water 78
Climate, growing & hazards 94
Autonomy & access 58
Where it pushes back
AccessibilitySoil qualityLand cover & degradation
Within Massachusetts — 14 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Highly suitable 81
Moderately suitable 80
Barnstable
strongest Economy & cost (95) ·
weakest Land & water (77)
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 79
Dukes
strongest Economy & cost (95) ·
weakest Land & water (76)
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 79
Moderately suitable 75
Worcester
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 71
Hampden
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 70
Plymouth
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 70
Nantucket
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Bristol
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 65
Essex
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 65
Middlesex
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 64
Norfolk
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 59
Suffolk
pushes back: Accessibility
Currently not suitable 35
Reading the land, criterion by criterion
Each signal names the open dataset behind it and how measured it is.
Seed & agricultural autonomycountry C UPOV membership proxy
Governance & corruptioncountry A World Bank WGI + Transparency CPI
Cost of living, labour & landcountry A World Bank PPP, ILOSTAT
Monetary & capital sovereigntycountry A IMF/World Bank, Chinn-Ito
Personal freedomcountry A Cato/Fraser Human Freedom Index
Healthcare qualitycountry B WHO GHO
Disease / vector burden A Malaria Atlas + dengue Index P
Soil quality A SoilGrids (ISRIC)
Water availability & quality A WRI Aqueduct + AQUASTAT
Terrain & buildability A SRTM / NASADEM
Land cover & degradation A ESA WorldCover + Global Forest Watch
Biodiversity & alignment B Biodiversity Intactness Index
Climate & natural hazards A ThinkHazard + NASA FIRMS + USGS
Growing conditions A CHELSA / FAO GAEZ
Food & forage diversity B FAO GAEZ crop suitability + GLW
Coastal risk B Climate Central CoastalDEM
Energy potential A Global Solar Atlas + Global Wind Atlas
Natural building materials B SoilGrids clay + forest + geology
Environmental quality A SEDAC PM2.5 + VIIRS night-lights
Connectivity A Ookla + ITU (+ Starlink)
Accessibility A Malaria Atlas friction surface
Remoteness / surroundings A GPWv4 population density
Contamination legacy C Maus mining polygons + WRI power plants
Phase-1 desk screening
These are desk numbers from open data. Soil tests, water rights and the welcome of actual neighbours all wait for a visit — we'd rather say so than pretend.
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