Nature has enormous emotional and cognitive benefits on people

Re:Nature has enormous emotional and cognitive benefits on p... by ahartmetz on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @12:16AM (#31256699)

I live in Berlin, which contains many trees and parks. One of the nicest quarters of Berlin is Gartenstadt (garden city) Frohnau, which feels like houses in the forest - at decent density. So it doesn't have to be either city or nature. But I'm afraid that current cost structures and short-term thinking make another Gartenstadt very unlikely.

Well. It may be that this kind of place only really works as a suburb. It does have a small center (shops, cafes, doctors, church etc) that people can walk to, which in turn has public transport to the actual city.

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Re:Nature has enormous emotional and cognitive benefits on p... by User23 on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @01:47AM (#31257125)

There’s virtually no wildernesses in Europe. Even the famous Black Forest is more of a large public garden than nature. It does still get somewhat wild up in the Alps, but you might find it hard to notice with all the manicured farms and a Gasthof on every hilltop.

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Re:Nature has enormous emotional and cognitive benefits on p... by aiyen on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @12:25AM (#31256750)

Same for the Netherlands. Urban cities integrated with nature. Large parks that can be easily biked to. It’s a great balance. It’s harder to have the best of both worlds in the United States though.

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Re:Nature has enormous emotional and cognitive benefits on p... by nicbou on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @03:20AM (#31257671)

Berlin has large parks in the city, and even larger ones at the edges. It doesn't only work as a suburb - people in any central Kiez are within walking distance of a park.

I love that city for that. Milan felt claustrophobic without all the parks.

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Re:Nature has enormous emotional and cognitive benefits on p... by bakuninsbart on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @05:12AM (#31258247)

Due to the unique history and political situation (city state), the city also just "suddenly ends", with little suburban sprawl. That said, Germany is so densely populated overall that there are few areas of "untouched" nature that the topl level commenter seems to be craving for.

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Re:Nature has enormous emotional and cognitive benefits on p... by ahartmetz on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @06:30AM (#31258620)

Germany has almost no untouched nature, it's true. But even a giant garden can feel nice :)

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