Forest therapy?

Even in London, their are plenty of parks and areas of common land where you can take a relaxing walk.
After a long day, I often walk on the towpath along the river. The water and overhanging trees are very relaxing.

 

That's nice, Wils. Reminds me of the C&O towpath in our nation's capital area.



There's also rock creek park.



...in this densely populated area.

 

People are always amazed at the amount of open country in London. We have Wimbledon common on our doorstep and their are dozens of similar areas, such as Hampstead heath, Clapham common and Richmond park. In addition their are hundreds of smaller parks and wildlife areas.

Who would ever imagine that this is 7 miles from the city of London.

 

there's a path along the river in the town where i live too. i think i may have mentioned recently. its the closest to where i live.
there's also an arboratum that's a bit of a bus ride, the other side of the university.
then there's wide natural desert areas that several bus routes get close enough to.

the little towns and villages i grew up in are surrounded by forest,
but i don't have a way to live there nor afford to.

they weren't expensive when i was growing up,
though there were never a lot of jobs there.
my dad worked for the railroad,
but the railroad and the power company doesn't have that many jobs in those kinds of places any more either.

i have my pension, but its the same amount s.s.i.
there may be other small towns in or near forests i could afford to live.

probably are. just need to find a way to move there.
until then, there's the desert, that has nature, it just takes knowing how to see it,
and the path along the river.

there ARE parks, but they're not like wild places, they're more like a city block of grass with a barbicue pit and a volly ball net,
and may or may not even have a functioning crapper. or a tree or two. they don't even all of them have a place to sit.

some small wildlife still mange to make homes in them though.

 

Ever considered moving out of the country, going abroad?

 

Expatriate. It has its appeal. But then there's leaving family behind to consider. It's too much to overcome. But if it weren't for that...

 

yes. i would love to live in canada. i could hitch hike there.

i have serious anxiety issues. i would want to know wherever i went i would be allowed to stay forever, and become a citizen of that country.

i don't have living family to leave behind, but the spirits of the forest i grew up in are what make it the home that calls me back,
even though i'm not actually currently living in it, just as close to it with what i can afford.
maybe some other forest, will have the same spirits or their cousins?

i've also never been any good at attempting to learn languages other then when i was an infant learning to talk.

i have no other particular attachments to where i am, just the difficulty of relocating.
most of what i want to keep i could carry, except this computer i'm using now in addition to what i could.

know of any english speaking non-"christian", non logic hating countries?
that are mountainous and densely forested?
that run lots of passenger trains and other forms of public transportation?
(instead of worshiping automobiles and money)
that don't enforce building codes in rural areas, nor try to close their borders?

i know what i don't like about where i am, its whole basis of cultural assumptions,
and its military power directed by its hatred against anything that doesn't kiss what it wants to pretend.

i wouldn't "go abroad". i would go yes. but wherever i would go would be come my only and entire home.
i don't feel i belong where i am, but i have very serious doubts that i would find some place to settle where i would, in what remains of my life.

 

Wow. That's far out, man.

So, we're looking for a place that's remote, and simultaneously having sufficient population density to support a complex multi-faceted public transportation system.

We're looking for a country where English speaking people hate non-Christians and non-logic. Or something like that.

No building codes in rural areas, just 'lots of passenger trains and other forms of public transportation' handy. Okay...

And open borders. To the whole country? So literally anybody from anywhere can come and go they please.

Do we want it safe, too? Probably should throw that on the wish list of contradictory requirements.

Do we want police? What kinds of rights do we give them and how do we help them back (pay)?

How about rich people -- you didn't ask for those. Should we allow some of those so some other people can ride on their backs, or would everyone rather go scrounging our own breakfasts and dinners?


They say where there's a will, there's a way. But if some people get their will, others won't get their way.

 

I'm getting some forest therapy right now. A baby sparrow just landed on a branch outside my window. He's basically a speckled ball with a tail and a beak.

 

It's all good.
I just came in from being in the woods! Clearing trail is another form of forest therapy.

 

and pseudo-conservatives who conserve nothing seem to be getting their way of screwing everything up for everyone else.

try: in or near very small town, with local bus/train service to larger town, and some sort of grocery store.
culture makes safe/unsafe, free unfree. culture of consideration, which doesn't hate logic, and people don't act prejudice others who don't claim to follow THEIR religion
(which in every english speaking place that i know of, claims to be christianity. supposedly in the u.s. the law doesn't discriminate against none christians,
but it damd sure don't do shit to keep them from screwing everything up for everyone else. same of course goes for anyone who doesn't worship making everything have to be about money.)

at any rate, the whole thing that MAKES forest 'therapeutic' is getting the hell away from that crap, especially the making everything have to be about money crap.

trees, rocks and little furry creatures, are innocent of it.

 

Rock Creek Park!

The infamous dead intern dumping grounds?

 

And I want a golden toilet, but ...

In your tirade about wanting a peaceful, safe, loving society where everyone is valued and taken care of - but they can't be Christian - you literally eliminate the one thing which if truly lived would ensure the others.