This is one if the reasons I think car-dependent suburban sprawl is so much environmentally worse than so many people think it is. I’ve encountered far too many people who think sprawling suburbs are full of nature just because they have trees and grass lawns – usually to contrast with “concrete jungles”. Like yes, dense areas could often use more greenery, but car-dependent sprawl is nowhere near being a healthy ecosystem. Cars, suburbs, roads, and all our malarkey are inherently disruptive to nature, so we should do our best to minimize our impact.

There were 6-12 wild turkeys in my neighborhood. Once in a while, a driver would kill them. It was always a sad moment when you notice there’s some missing.

During the pandemic, there was over 30. Nature was healing.

Unfortunately I moved before knowing if their fate has changed.