One of the things that they get right in Russia, and even places like England, is that its much easier for a poor city family to have a cottage outside the city

One of the things that they get right in Russia, and even places like England, is that its much easier for a poor city family to have a cottage outside the city or an allotment garden that is subsidized by the state. And I think benefit to city kids is enormous, as far as an entire new environment to be exposed to. And even the growing of food. This should a program in North America too. Giant farms have taken almost all the land. And some of it is just a waste anyway. If the government can subsidize growing corn to turn into car fuel. An extremely wasteful energy inefficient process. Government could be buying some of that land back, and letting return to nature or forest, and allowing building even tiny cottages. For poor families, it could be such a quality of life boost, especially for kids.