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Stuff doesn't make us happy, people do. It's always been like that. If we spend less time with people, in person, we will be less happy.
People are the best and worst part of existence
If you got the right people, you can min max the experience
And if you have the wrong people, you can max min the experience.
Also nature. It's clinically proven that living your life surrounded by barren concrete fucks you up.
People like having pets and growing houseplants, just cuz, and both have been shown to do a lot of good, mentally. But we really should be bringing nature into our cities much more than we do right now.
But investors like shiny glass and concrete!
Aside from worsening the mental state by deprivation of nature, it also is more vulnerable to flashfloods, the heat is much worse in summer and the air quality is worse all year round.
Yeah. It's insane how much more tolerable the climate in a park can be, even if less than a block away, its heat hell.
I live near seattle. A friend who grew up in texas visited recently and he was shocked at how many trees were around in the city, and at how clean the air felt
Pictures of Houston seem surreal to me.
Depends on the people and the context. You could live surrounded by people every day and be completely miserable.
You're right, it's not just "people." What I mean is we need to focus more on our relationships, and on being around the people that make us happy, and less on the things we think will make us happy.
Some stuff makes me happy. Specific stuff. Not just random stuff tho.