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You really can’t think of any ancillary benefits to the presence of accessible nature?

I feel like this sort of comment (from someone with 14k+ “karma” points) is a kind of DoS attack on their self-perceived opponents.

But nonetheless, here’s three benefits for all, regardless of usage:

- reduction in healthcare costs, both physical and mental

- increased tourism

- increased appreciation for environment which in turn loops back into this list from the top

Just focusing on health alone has wide ranging benefits. And if all you care about are tax revenues and GDP, a healthy, happy workforce goes quite a way to improving both.

I’m not going to list anymore because I got other things to do and think about. And this isn’t going to change your mind anyways.




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