2/ it always "felt" further away, felt like something other than the near abroad I think that * fencing it in * letting the sheep in there, which * ...keeps grass shorter * tidying up the trees, pruning, labeling, etc. * tidying up the rock wall lines all contribute to >>>
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3/ making it feel less like a far away / h̶a̶l̶f̶ quarter maintained semi-wild area, and instead make it feel more like a nearby garden that is a pleasure to visit but also, there's a gradual but persistent "re-scaling" over the years, where >>>
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4/ 300 feet used to feel like a suburban block, but now feels like a short step out the front door, 1/4 mile used to feel like a walk across the neighborhood to
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5/ what used to feel medium now feels small, what used to feel large now feels medium I remember this process working in reverse ; when I first moved to Boston metro area in 1983 everything was so close together ... but a decade or two later it was normal and cozy.
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6/ so, on the one hand, human nature isn't perfectly malleable the way that communists and SJWs want it to be, but on the other hand, it's not totally immalleable either
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