Rural nature lover paradox part two

[urbpan]

The further you live from the city, the larger your back yard can be, but the less time you will be able to spend in it, since you will spend more of your time commuting. (assuming you work in the city, as i do)


(remember the rural nature lover paradox?)

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[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Clicking back to your first nature lover paradox, I'm reminded of something an English teacher said to our class when we were reading Last of the Mohicans. She said that Natty Bumpo, the leatherstocking nature-loving man of the woods, ushered in the destruction of the things he loved every place he went, because where he went, civilization followed.

Yeah: the thing is, for people who love being alone in nature, the best thing they can do is, all the same, live in relatively densely packed communities and go visit nature, so that swathes of the natural world can be left undeveloped. Or be farmers, state and national park wardens, and workers on nature preserves. But those jobs can't accommodate all the people who want to live in natural surroundings, so I'm not sure what the solution is. ...