You always knew when you needed a break from the city – here the start of the scientific proof…. enjoy the weekend in the country – if you grew up in the city like many of us – it may not be enough!

For a kid who spent much of his childhood outdoors—alternately splitting time between the wooded park down the street, my friends’ backyards, and a patch of countryside my parent’s tended—I have been spending a lot of time in rather large cities as an adult. Ever since I left college, I’ve lived in cities that count their residents in hundreds of thousands and metro areas that count in the millions. It’s gotten me to wondering, what effect are th … Read More

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