[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25682368[/url]
[quote]Living in an urban area with green spaces has a long-lasting positive impact on people's mental well-being, a study has suggested.
UK researchers found moving to a green space had a sustained positive effect, unlike pay rises or promotions, which only provided a short-term boost.
The authors said the results indicated that access to good quality urban parks was beneficial to public health.[/quote]
Alternate explanation, cities are a depressing place to be.
[QUOTE=Rents;43540317]Alternate explanation, cities are a depressing place to be.[/QUOTE]
but research clearly shows they can be made un-depressing by liberal application of trees!
[QUOTE=Rents;43540317][url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25682368[/url]
Alternate explanation, cities are a depressing place to be.[/QUOTE]
I've always found the countryside more dreary. Cities are exciting places.
pol pot had it right
I'd be pretty happy too if I saw one of the things giving me oxygen
thanks for being pals trees
[QUOTE=RichyZ;43540391]grass is always greener[/QUOTE]
Not any greener than US presidents.
[QUOTE=The golden;43540373]The novelty wears off real fast. Especially in heavily congested ones.[/QUOTE]
But the countryside is so boring and shit.
It's too quiet, the people are too homogeneous, internet is worse, you have to travel for ages to get to any shops or attractions, a lot of the farms smell like shit, and it's too dark to walk around at night.
Not to mention there's a lot of desolation and the people tend to live 20 years in the past in the countryside.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;43540355]I've always found the countryside more dreary. Cities are exciting places.[/QUOTE]
Looking at concrete, metal, cheap lights and tarmac all day and night gets old pretty quick.
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[QUOTE=Sobotnik;43540411]But the countryside is so boring and shit.
It's too quiet, the people are too homogeneous, internet is worse, you have to travel for ages to get to any shops or attractions, a lot of the farms smell like shit, and it's too dark to walk around at night.
Not to mention there's a lot of desolation and the people tend to live 20 years in the past in the countryside.[/QUOTE]
Mid-sized town master race.
[QUOTE=Rents;43540419]Looking at concrete, metal, cheap lights and tarmac all day and night gets old pretty quick.[/QUOTE]
All of the grasslands, hills, forests, and farms tend to look the same wherever you go.
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[QUOTE=Rents;43540419]Looking at concrete, metal, cheap lights and tarmac all day and night gets old pretty quick.
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Mid-sized town master race.[/QUOTE]
Cosmopolitan best.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;43540411]But the countryside is so boring and shit.
It's too quiet, the people are too homogeneous, internet is worse, you have to travel for ages to get to any shops or attractions, a lot of the farms smell like shit, and it's too dark to walk around at night.
Not to mention there's a lot of desolation and the people tend to live 20 years in the past in the countryside.[/QUOTE]
I am not really sure what kind of internet your countrysides are getting, but almost every state I have visited in the great plains has always had 100mb connections.
[QUOTE=Rents;43540419]Looking at concrete, metal, cheap lights and tarmac all day and night gets old pretty quick.
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Mid-sized town master race.[/QUOTE]
Just off the motorway city center master race.
rebuild the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for the information age
[img]http://i.imgur.com/BmGc9Hq.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;43540411]But the countryside is so boring and shit.
It's too quiet, the people are too homogeneous, internet is worse, you have to travel for ages to get to any shops or attractions, a lot of the farms smell like shit, and it's too dark to walk around at night.
Not to mention there's a lot of desolation and the people tend to live 20 years in the past in the countryside.[/QUOTE]
Or, as I see it:
It's peaceful, you generally know who you're dealing with, you talk to people more, shops are a pleasant drive or walk away, there's the smell of food, your house is cosy at night.
Not to mention there's a lot of intriguing history and the people tend to live 20 years in the past in the countryside.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;43540411]But the countryside is so boring and shit.
It's too quiet, the people are too homogeneous, internet is worse, you have to travel for ages to get to any shops or attractions, a lot of the farms smell like shit, and it's too dark to walk around at night.
Not to mention there's a lot of desolation and the people tend to live 20 years in the past in the countryside.[/QUOTE]
The countryside is a wonderful place to immerse yourself in, perhaps not permanently but at least for small periods of time.
The isolation of the woods is a good place to reflect and grow. Gotta get on that Walden level.
there's a lot of romanticization about either side in here
both have their perks and flaws, and it comes down to subjective opinion
[QUOTE=Strider*;43540537]The countryside is a wonderful place to immerse yourself in, perhaps not permanently but at least for small periods of time.
The isolation of the woods is a good place to reflect and grow. Gotta get on that Walden level.[/QUOTE]
You can reflect in the city as well.
Moved from a suburb of Vancouver, which looks like this (roughly the same in the winter due to mild temperatures):
[img]http://www.itsmysite.com/fortlangley/images/FortFrom_theAir.jpg[/img]
To Downtown Toronto:
[img]http://farm1.staticflickr.com/251/521780059_5187f3fd42.jpg[/img]
It gets pretty depressing when you suddenly find that there is no green anywhere.
With proper city planning, it's possible to keep greens and skyscrapers in the same place.
Eg:
[img]http://vancouver.ca/images/cov/feature/Downtown-StanleyPark.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Loriborn;43540548]there's a lot of romanticization about either side in here
both have their perks and flaws, and it comes down to subjective opinion[/QUOTE]
People romanticize the countryside far too much in comparison to the cities.
Would rather have the million quid and pay for a big tree to be moved in front of my house - double whammy
[QUOTE=Turnips5;43540350]but research clearly shows they can be made un-depressing by liberal application of trees![/QUOTE]
I'm going to get rich and buy a shitload of trees.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;43540585]People romanticize the countryside far too much in comparison to the cities.[/QUOTE]
most people doing so probably live in cities or suburbs and think that living off the land or in rural small-town "know-everyone-by-first-name" (here's the thing, most small towns are not really like that) would be a quiet retreat from the daily grind, when in reality, it's not really different other than it's a ton harder to do anything
you start realizing back-woods isn't exactly all that great when you don't have a walmart or costco to buy your groceries from
[QUOTE=Loriborn;43540614]most people doing so probably live in cities or suburbs and think that living off the land or in rural small-town "know-everyone-by-first-name" (here's the thing, most small towns are not really like that) would be a quiet retreat from the daily grind, when in reality, it's not really different other than it's a ton harder to do anything
you start realizing back-woods isn't exactly all that great when you don't have a walmart or costco to buy your groceries from[/QUOTE]
I can understand that would be an issue in America where (I'm assuming) the town with stuff in like walmart is miles and miles and miles away, assuming you live in a town where the population can be counted by grabbing a handful of rice seed.
How many miles is it if you don't mind me asking.
I have to be in a city (Not large one) for university but growing up for 18 years in the countryside I hate it having to be in a city
but what about very 'green' cities
mine has trees fucking everywhere, i've been to plenty of other cities and most of them don't have half the amount of vegetation we do
how about a tree
[I]with its leaves replaced with 1 million dollars[/I]
ooh or money with pictures of trees on it
I know I'd feel better looking at a tree than some ugly old dead guy and a creepy ass pyramid
Let me add this to my list of what makes a good city planner:
1) A simple, non-hellish road system
2) Buildings that don't turn into deathray-mirrors during certain times of day
3) Trees
I said something to this effect in another thread and received 1500 dumb ratings.
[QUOTE=Angus725;43540578]To Downtown Toronto:
[img]http://farm1.staticflickr.com/251/521780059_5187f3fd42.jpg[/img]
It gets pretty depressing when you suddenly find that there is no green anywhere.[/QUOTE]
What a cancerous growth on the Earth's surface.
Oh there's green... if you know where to look :dance:
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;43540438]I am not really sure what kind of internet your countrysides are getting, but almost every state I have visited in the great plains has always had 100mb connections.[/QUOTE]
I'm in a mid sized town, and I get like 300kbs. Even the people here that have fibre optic (I know precisely ONE who does) only get around 10mbs on a good day.
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[QUOTE=Sungrazer;43540723]
What a cancerous growth on the Earth's surface.[/QUOTE]
To be fair, that looks much worse than it would in the absence of snow; you can see the spindly ass trees. In summer it would at least be green[I]er[/I]
Manhattan figured this out over a century ago
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/SphFY6R.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;43540749]I'm in a mid sized town, and I get like 300kbs. Even the people here that have fibre optic (I know precisely ONE who does) only get around 10mbs on a good day.[/QUOTE]
How can it be that bad.
How can it be so poor even the fibre optic is terrible?
Did someone set fire to the cables or rewire it backward?
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