It is hard to know how much of our preference is only by custom and how much is a more reality inspired want for a living condition that is sustainable.
I guess folk who have never acquired any positive experiences of being out in the bush are not able to like to be away from the creature comforts of the city.
Camping is sure uncomfortable until you find your self in the way of nature.
But get this: I know a person who grew up in the East End of London, and her mum and uncles and father had always lived in and around Bethnal Green. Their family has traced their ancestry living in Bethnal Green back to when it was a village outside of London! The televised Charles Dickens novel "The River" reminded me of her, and when I told her about it and she watched it, she reckoned it gave her a true feel for her home. She is like the dustmen in that story, and even worked at scavenging in the public rubblish dump for ages here in Australia. But she reckons she has a friend in London whom had never been over the river into South London from Bethnal Green. One day she took her friend over the river and her friend had a panic attack and had to head on back to the East End.
So I guess that when we talk about Indigenous Land Rights, there sure is the full range of possiblity in that which we have become accustomed to connecting to as our own "natural" place.
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