Nature desensitization and living in a desert

I recently visited family in California and there is a couple of important things I learned while staying there. First off that the amount of nature present in an area when growing up is crucial to living a healthy childhood where a lot of nature means the mind and consciousness flourishes in all aspects of its being up until adulthood. The people in California always greeted me with a smile and greeted each other to the point that I was actually surprised the amount of greetings I heard from complete strangers which I enjoyed a lot. With so many trees, grassy areas, shrubs, and flowers growing all over the place, there's always a sense of having really good feelings basically anywhere you go. This is present in the towns and cities as cultural progression is far ahead of where I grew up in which is primarily a desert area. After having said all of this, there is a downside, I feel, from living in an nature intense area for so long, although the downside isn't so deep.

I felt that a lot of the people I saw and met who I felt to be natives were in sense desensitized to being around so much nature since birth, although this desensitization was never really outwardly present in the personalities as everyone is just so used to all of the nature, To be more clear, the ambiance of all the life found in California obviously enriches and helps people to be balanced compassionate people, especially if around so much life from birth, this being present in the essence of peoples' personalities of who I met, but I felt that, having lived in a area with very minimal life for so long, this incredibly enriching aspect of living around so much life would be difficult to pinpoint or deeply appreciated by these people without having some kind of experience such as that of living in an area with minimal life for prolonged periods of time. I felt as though many people were living around all this life never stopping to appreciate the complexities of what it is to have a tree growing in your front yard because theres like 50 trees after just being on one street. Like I said before the downside isn't really so deep as these people still benefit from all the aspects without ever experiencing its contrast and are obviously capable of thinking for themselves what nature does for them but the experience of living without so much nature can do wonders for the appreciation of nature itself. One example that comes to mind is the many reality tv shows taking place on these days where the kids are on screen partying doing all these things which are fun in a sense but are like rich kids without knowing where the money is coming from, and im not saying I know where the money is coming from but I feel I would have a better grasp having lived in a desert for so long and going back than I would having lived in a nature intense area all of my life. But then again I would rather have lived in an area full of life all of my life than to have never been around so much nature all of my life.

I wouldn't normally have written about this subject but the energy difference of being in my desert hometown after having been around so much life for an extended period of time was so drastically...different....almost of lower quality that I couldn't help but make my first blog post after a while about it. When I got to my hometown, I immediately noticed no one really says hi to another and just the general demeanor of people talking was so much less expansive than what I had experienced in California it almost made me sad but it didn't immediately make me want to run back to where I was being around so much nature because I realized I treasured what being in such a barren landscape has taught me growing up about learning how to really appreciate creation in general and in all its forms. I could imagine even polar civilizations would feel the same going to Hawaii or even some areas in the US or other countries. I feel as though the crystal sands have crystallized a profound appreciate for all life when I see it within my own being, something which is kind of sad for those who do travel out of barren landscapes as it would be difficult to understand for those they meet in nature enriched areas and the feeling might have been in vain.

In conclusion I encourage people to find time to experience both types of climates and to cultivate a sense of appreciate for yourself and others which, I feel, can be more easily found with experiences of contrast such as for someone born in nature- enriched areas to visit more barren landscapes and vice versa.