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How to develop place attachment in heavily modified landscapes

I want to feel connected to the land where I live but this whole area was logged and farmed and developed and I don't know how to love a place that feels so damaged and artificial.

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The desire for authentic relationship with place confronts the reality that most available landscapes bear heavy marks of industrial alteration.

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