“Manmade” landscapes are far more appealing than natural “unspoiled” landscapes
Whenever I turn on my Windows laptop, I am presented with a landscape scene – usually one with no human interference or only the tiniest hint that humans have ever been around – maybe a log cabin in the distance. With every new picture I am prompted to either “like” or dislike” it, and if I signal “dislike” they promise to send me something more to my liking. But no matter how many times I “dislike” the “raw nature” scenes, they keep sending me more of the same..! Whoever – or whatever – chooses these pictures clearly likes “unspoiled nature”, and seemingly cannot understand that SOME PEOPLE might actually prefer human-enhanced scenery, which to my mind is far more inspiring than pure untamed nature.
Here are a few examples to illustrate my point…
Beautifying the landscape An important objective of Oasis-Cities is to save the countryside from awful sprawl housing developments, endless “road improvements” and tacky retail parks, etc. OA-Cities will “densify” human settlements AND enhance the landscape, as at least 50% of their sites will consist of exquisite parkland, pretty lakes and calming rustic woodland. As the above pictures illustrate – “nature”, when sympathetically enhanced by the hand of man, is more attractive, more romantic, and (IMO) more spiritually uplifting than the over-rated “unspoiled” version.
Beautifying the landscape
An important objective of Oasis-Cities is to save the countryside from awful sprawl housing developments, endless “road improvements” and tacky retail parks, etc. OA-Cities will “densify” human settlements AND enhance the landscape, as at least 50% of their sites will consist of exquisite parkland, pretty lakes and calming rustic woodland. As the above pictures illustrate – “nature”, when sympathetically enhanced by the hand of man, is more attractive, more romantic, and (IMO) more spiritually uplifting than the over-rated “unspoiled” version.
