Biophilia Part II

My recent cross-country trip provided me with lots of exposure to different landscapes.  What was interesting was that I enjoyed the scenery more and more the further East I went, such as would be expected with the biophilia hypothesis.  Briefyl, biophilia is the idea that we have a natural landscape preference of a savannah, such as the African savannahs where the hunter-gatherers evolved.

Starting from Las Vegas, Nevada and Arizona were mostly stark desert territories, and I didn't enjoy the scenery that much.  New Mexico had a few more hills and some green, and then northern Texas had even more green.

I thought Oklahoma had the prettiest landscape of the trip.  Some of the areas with rollling hills, grass, and trees were very savannah-like and very beautiful.  I wish I would have had more time to get some pictures there.

Comments

[Nora22]

Scenery? Southeastern Pennsylvania, with its rolling hills, white picket fences and wildflowers--Lancaster, Bucks and Philadelphia counties--is some of the most gorgeous real estate on the face of the earth! Even the Pittsburgh area, with its low mountains and intense greenery, is breathtaking! A tropical paradise is great for vacations, but people who have never been there before feel 'at home' in these bucolic settings.

And I hate golf courses. Too artificial.