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We see it all around us and usually ignore it because it's so common place. Acres of paved parking lots – half or more of the spaces vacant. Hundreds of vacant store fronts yet they continue to build these monstrosities.
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This article should be shared along with the dozens of pictures that should cause all of us to wake up. Can anything be done about it? It would take a whole lot of determination – and money – to even begin to break the cycle. This is typical of how they live andsave land for nature in Switzerland:
Read more of this article @ The Shape of Things to Come | Newgeography.com