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I wonder if it's becuase living in a place like New York City requires one to be a little stronger and resilant to every day things. I don't think it has anythi
by Overtonwindow 11y ago
I wonder if it's becuase living in a place like New York City requires one to be a little stronger and resilant to every day things. I don't think it has anything to do with tax dollars, city services, or even walking. Could be totally wrong here, but I think living in New York City puts one on a more defensive, "aware" footing, and builds resilancy.
Too far off the mark?
- saulrh 11y ago> I wonder if it's becuase living in a place like New York City requires one to be a little stronger and resilant to every day things. I would expect the opposite to happen - the extra grinding-down every day would result in people devoting more resources and stress tolerance to "being a little stronger and resilient", decreasing their ability to do other things including maintain their health.
- stevenmays 11y agoExcept, hormesis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormesis
- saulrh 11y agoThere is a paragraph in there about low levels of stress having an anti-aging effect. Very interesting, thanks for the link. I guess the question, then, is where the therapeutic/hormetic level of stress is. I'd have very much guessed that it'd be well below the level an average dense-inner-city resident suffers, based on studies regarding IQ loss due to stress and similar. shrug