Bases occupy valuable urban and beachfront land worldwide

Evidence

Bases also tend to occupy valuable land that could be used in other ways. This has been especially true in German cities such as Heidelberg, Würzburg, and Berlin, in densely urbanized Japan, and in the middle of downtown Seoul. Bases also occupy thousands of acres of precious beachfront property in places such as Okinawa, Guam, and Diego Garcia. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 917

Categorization

• XREF: Opportunity-cost angle feeding the economic-harm thesis. — connects to: Bases occupying land represent an economic loss rather than gain; Bases are sited where land acquisition is easiest, favoring powerless minorities
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 917

Broader Connections

• Bases occupying land represent an economic loss rather than gain #expands (0.70)
• Bases are sited where land acquisition is easiest, favoring powerless minorities #qualifies (0.60)