The natural spot of something so simple as my backyard has undergone significant changes throughout the past 11 years. A once green, forested space has turned into that of civilization and development when builders started extending my neighborhood a few years back. As a youngster, you could walk 100 yards into the forest and seem lost, with nothing to remind you where you are but the path you traveled to get there. It was fun to look at the old, dirty pile of cinder blocks formed into a wall and think—just think—that maybe one day a long time ago it was important for a soldier to hide behind in a battle. Although now I can put together that the forest is not completely natural, as cinderblocks are constructed by humans, at the time this forest was my most natural place and I enjoied being able to explore it. What was this forest like 100 years ago before my house was standing? But walk down the hill in my backyard towards the forest now and you will no longer see a forest. You will see a house with a dark blue BMW sitting in the driveway. The newness of the house stands out compared to the rest of the houses you are used to seeing and you will think to yourself: “Rather than nature, all you see is a display of new money.”
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