Elliot's Story - Nature is Profound

[Story collected during Neighborhood Office Hours in Gunbarrel.]

"I live about a mile up the road from where I work. Sometimes, I can get a ride, but that makes me feel bad about the environment, so I usually walk. I walk home every day. It’s nice to be outside – it helps me get started in the morning because I’m not a morning person, but I have to be at work at 6:15 am. I just moved here from New York. I lived in The Bronx. I really appreciate all of the walking paths around here – compared to New York, it’s so much better! I love the forested paths, Twin Lakes and all of the places to be outside. I had never seen mountains before, until I came here for the first time about a year ago. You don’t get the sheer amount of open, wild space in New York. Everything is built up and compacted and 50 stories tall. Being able to see the wilderness here is profound."