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> Physical and mental health is better out of the city than in it. For some people. I'm one of those out-of-the-city-is-better people. However, I would never
by rickydroll 3y ago
> Physical and mental health is better out of the city than in it.
For some people.
I'm one of those out-of-the-city-is-better people. However, I would never try to force it on anyone as it would make them miserable and ruin the country for people who want to be there. Sadly, it is difficult to keep city lights in the city.
- m_fayer 3y agoI wrote medium-to-high density, which means anything between city and "walkable town with a core". This doesn't preclude detached homes. It does preclude sprawling car-centric suburbia, which is similar to rural isolation in terms of the effects it has on the most people's mental health.
- rickydroll 3y agoah, I understand. I've lived in both city and "walkable town with a core. I now live 2 miles outside of a New England mill city. The value of each place has been for what I can reach, not the place itself.
- lelanthran 3y ago> It does preclude sprawling car-centric suburbia, which is similar to rural isolation in terms of the effects it has on the most people's mental health. Come on now: "Surburbia has more negative effects of people's mental health than high-density living" sounds like both pure conjecture and wishful thinking on your part. Were there any measurements actually done? What are you basing this assertion on?
- Kbelicius 3y agoMakes sense. A quick search shows that there is research on this subject and results seem to agree with GP. https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230529/Study-shows-link-between-living-in-suburban-areas-and-depression-risk.aspx https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230529/Study-shows-link-...