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minus-squarecriitz@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoAn acre is not just a unit of area measurement but has a traditional shape or aspect ratio per acre, based on the land plots it was used for. 1 acre is traditionally 60 ft x 660 ft, also known as 1 chain by 1 furlong. It’s similar to if you said you could lay X potatoes across a football field. Yes a football field is an area but it also has a defined length.
minus-squareGlowstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoI’m no expert but i believe that’s not how the term is used today. Like if a house is advertised as coming on a quarter acre of land, that says absolutely nothing about the dimensions of that land
minus-squarecriitz@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoTrue, I was just explaining where those numbers came from.
An acre is not just a unit of area measurement but has a traditional shape or aspect ratio per acre, based on the land plots it was used for.
1 acre is traditionally 60 ft x 660 ft, also known as 1 chain by 1 furlong.
It’s similar to if you said you could lay X potatoes across a football field. Yes a football field is an area but it also has a defined length.
I’m no expert but i believe that’s not how the term is used today. Like if a house is advertised as coming on a quarter acre of land, that says absolutely nothing about the dimensions of that land
True, I was just explaining where those numbers came from.