Untamed

You know...urban sprawl really bothers me. Intimately. I mean, there is so much land in this country, but yet almost all of it is cut down and plowed over. The only reason being is because everyone wants a "piece of the pie," but not realizing that they are simply having too big a piece. If the Japanese, with a population twice that of the United States of America, can fit on a piece of land the size of California, how come Americans can't do the same? I am not saying we have to really pack our population into tiny little cubicles, like the Japanese. I am saying we should seriously consider redistributing our population more efficiently. I am saying we should live more like the Japanese: Efficiently, cleanly, minimalistic.

Why do Americans feel the need to spread out into natural areas? There is underused space in cities that need to be revitalized. Then again, Americans are inherently selfish, and simply don't want to share. God forbid if we live only a few feet from our neighbors. We all want the huge McMansion that sits on the incredibly tiny piece of land.

Then comes the disconnect from nature. We won't know what we have until it is gone. The resource that used to be our most valuable possession is now almost completely gone. It is almost wasted away, cut away, plowed over, controlled, contained, secluded, and parsed out to the few who can afford. Nature wants to be free. We should all move back into the cities, revitalize them, and watch Nature reclaim what used to belong to her.

From buseywoods

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