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Another thing is that after a long day at work when you want to relax, let's say go mushroom picking or walk in a meadow to smell flowers or go fishing or anything like that, the same problem crops up. You will need at least half an hour to get out of the city to the countryside. Even if you are not very physically active and reading a book in a shade of an oak tree is perfectly enough to make you relaxed, still you will need some quiet place to read your book. Just a half a century ago parks used to be such places. Today no matter where you are in a park even in the middle of it you will not get away from the traffic noise, ambulance sirens or to be fed up with each other's company. Social indifference has already gained ground in big cities. some teenagers listening to their portable stereos.