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Re:America Is Getting Lonelier and More Indoorsy. That's Not... by kjkjadksj on Monday November 13, 2023 @10:38PM (#38258794)
You can experience nature just walking around your neighborhood. Even if its in the middle of a city. There’s no need to go full John Muir. Trees a plenty everywhere. Birds and squirrels. Either way, much better to be putting those legs to use than to sit.
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Re:America Is Getting Lonelier and More Indoorsy. That's Not... by crazygringo on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @11:27AM (#38265447)
You and I clearly live in different neighborhoods. The trees planted in the sidewalk of what is otherwise my concrete jungle does not constitute "nature" by any stretch of the imagination -- not any more than my indoor plants do. And the number of birds and squirrels is roughly zero -- I've got to walk half an hour to a park for any of those.

I love walking around my neighborhood but it's exercise and walking -- it's certainly not nature. Don't confuse the two.

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