Where is your sanctuary?

@SW-User I live right next to the county I grew up in and the city has just continued encroaching on it. So many of the trees are gone and everywhere I used to enjoy being just feels like it's full of ghosts now.

I hate being an adult. 😂

@thepreposterouspanda I hear you. When I moved to this area with my ex 35 years ago, it was mostly rural. There were farms and orchards all around. A few farms have been spared, but many places have been clear cut to make way for developments of McMansions. Plus, all the wonderful little mom & pop owned shops and chef owned restaurants have died out of the area. It doesn't feel like home anymore.

@SW-User I'm so over the clear cutting. :( They've chopped acres and acres down here recently for neighborhoods that still haven't been built. Also an industrial park and they're about to clear another however much for a truck stop.

I know it's affecting my mental health and I can only assume it's affecting everyone else's too. Also really messing up the weather patterns here.

I just wonder how long it can go on before it has gone too far. 😕

@thepreposterouspanda I do so agree that clearcutting with loss of farms and wild areas affects our mental health immensely. It surprises and saddens me that so few people seem to recognise how big a problem this is.

@SW-User They're too enamored with greed and "progress" I guess.

If progress means even MORE asphalt, then I'm not interested. 😅