Why Urban Life is Making You Depressed

[@ethgray9350]

I’m from the Ozarks in Arkansas, and currently live here as well. I’ve lived in cities across the country and everything you said is exactly right. The mental effect of thoughtless modern designs really isolates us from being connected with nature and makes us feel even more separate from the natural world than society already does. Being outside just to appreciate the beauty of the mossy and oak covered hills and countless little rivers and streams is a huge part of the culture here and there’s very few places like that left, at least in the US. I think not viewing ourselves as separate from the world but a part of it just like the trees and animals really would make a difference in how we design our living spaces

[@kodychumley3293]

Wow great video. I expected this to have 1 million views and was surprised to just saw a couple hundred. The biophilia phenomena has always been surprising to me. Like how does nature make us feel better? It’s just a tree or an open field. Strange but I guess that’s what makes us human

[@emswildworld]

Thank you. It is pretty interesting, isn't it? Must be in our DNA or somethin 🤔

[@JurassicRod]

Because it's the natural world we are supposed to be living in. Not grey concrete everywhere. That is not our natural habitat. The freedom of wide open space, not jam packed into grey concrete prisons.

[@kirdot2011]

Yes because humans are used to living in nature from the very beginning. Nature exists for millions of years while cities a few thousand.

[@zententing4677]

These video essays you make cover so much meaningful ground. Thank you.

[@todorpanov1857]

Your channel is so underrated. Haven't seen so neatly structured videos on these very interesting subject matters in a very long time. Your voice is calm and quite soothing - none of that clickbait and screaming stuff I see people do to draw attention. Please keep it going, I'm sure you'll get the recognition you deserve sooner rather than later!

[@wiegandway]

Can’t wait to see your channel to be the next big thing

[@Dryadkal]

Netherlands has a large population density, one of the densest in the world. We also have lots of green. The biggest cit, Amsterdam, has around 1 million citizens I believe? In the rest of the world cities are wayyyyyy more populated. Every town and city I go into has green. Trees on sidewalks, endless bicycle lanes, parks. Sometimes I see pictures of cities and I'm mentally searching for something and then I realise, it's trees. I'm so used to having green in the urban areas, no matter how flawed the part of town might be. Of course there are depressing parts in Netherlands but just concrete hellscapes, nah. Maybe in the randstad, and even then some park is never far away. I'm kinda housebound so I can't really visit foreign countries so no idea how it's there. I think, even if I lived in a city it wouldn't be depressing nature wise. However, it is pretty busy everywhere, especially nature on Sunday's so, plusses and minuses lol

[@vrielbeatz9340]

this channel will sky rocket soon

[@Dystisis]

dang nice, this video style is reminding me of the best of youtube where i live (norway) theres a fairly close connection to nature wherever you go. the architecture in city is bad tho. hoping to move out closer to the land someday.

[@emswildworld]

I always thought rural Norway looked so beautiful. Sounds like a good choice. 🙂

[@tastybrownie7448]

She's a cutie for sure

[@GodMowsMyLawn]

I think the most unhealthy space is the suburbs; worst of both worlds. City and Rural are better than the burbs.

[@ThatGuy-ll1km]

I very much agree with the necessity of aesthetics when it comes to the well-being of each, but I think it needs to go hand in hand with bigger forces. What's the point of living in a beautiful place when the nature of it can be sometimes perverse. Think about those architectural marvels that are overrun by money-driven tourism. Think about a Parisian that can't even afford a decent quality of life, or the awe of looking at the Forbidden city in Beijing, which is pretty much just a show of authoritarian power for the chinese government at this point. Aesthetics has a way of masking things that are not apparent on the first look, that can make it very dangerous.

[@user-rx7pd1xv4k]

lol I appreciate the plantasia in the background

[@ed-fm]

you are so cool

[@basednuke7647]

This is such a silly myth that hur dur city = bad I promise you the bigger the city the better your life will be in every single way. Human beings need high quality services and you only get that in big cities its one of the reason the birthrate issue is a nightmare as we are running our of high skill people. Do not make the mistake of buying a cute home in the forrest you will be depressed lonely and lack vital services.

[@emswildworld]

I agree cities are not the problem. Urban planning and cost of living are the problem

[@jokerpilled2535]

You also forget that humans are extremely competitive by nature, bigger cities = more chaos and competition. Big cities are great for the owner class however, more potential customers to grow their profits and subjects to control. I believe a tight knit community with all your basic needs is the best for human well-being. Small nomadic tribes understood this and they were willing to fight to guard their communities from becoming authoritarian and soulless.

[@IsaiahMiguel]

😂😂 I can’t tell if this is real or a troll Super depressed whenever I visit a big city and much more calm and happy when in a rural area

[@waykool698]

You’re just projecting your issues.

[@LegioXXI]

"Do not make the mistake of buying a cute home in the forrest you will be depressed lonely and lack vital services." Ah yes, because the only places to live as a human are either megacities or literally "the woods". Absolutely nothing in between, no small or medium sized cities exist.