PaulaLoomisArt t1_irstifz wrote on October 10, 2022 at 7:41 PM

Reply to comment by owleealeckza in Positive childhood experiences of blue spaces and adult well-being. Individuals who recalled more childhood blue space experiences tended to place greater intrinsic value on natural settings, visiting them as adults – which increases better mental wellbeing by Wagamaga

Are there more poor city kids than poor rural kids? Because as another poor kid who grew up playing in a river, that’s pretty common in rural areas in the United States at least. “Blue spaces” can provide free entertainment, free relief from hot summers, and in some cases, a source of free food as well. My siblings and I spent countless hours around the water and all the neighbor kids did too. These weren’t vacations to a beach somewhere with our parents, just a handful of children playing unsupervised on a muddy river bank.

uselessfoster t1_irtomll wrote on October 10, 2022 at 11:26 PM

Yeah I do think this is a good point. Rural poor and urban poor are lumped together all the time, but there are some big differences in access to different resources for the groups.