New Research Reveals Which May Be Better For Mental Health: The City or The Suburbs

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New Research Reveals Which May Be Better For Mental Health: The City or The Suburbs
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The rapid growth of cities comes with many challenges.

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Suburbs, however, tend to have a medium density of low-rise buildings. Which approach should we take? The results show no clear correlation that dense inner city areas impact on depression. This may be because dense city centers can provide relatively more opportunities of social networking and interaction – which may benefit mental health.

That means that the type of area with an elevated risk of mental health problems typically features medium-density and low-rise developments such as suburban single-family housing areas.We think the relative higher risks of depression found in sprawling, low-rise suburbs may be partly down to long car commutes, less public open space, and not high enough resident density to enable many local commercial places where people can gather together, such as shops, cafes, and restaurants.

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