Friday, May 6, 2016

Ocean views linked to better mental health

Don't ask us; it's just science.
New research suggests that residents with a view of the water are less stressed.

The study, co-authored by Michigan State University's Amber L. Pearson, is the first to find a link between health and the visibility of water, which the researchers call blue space.

"Increased views of blue space is significantly associated with lower levels of psychological distress," said Pearson, assistant professor of health geography and a member of MSU's Water Science Network.
Guess that explains why Olivenhain folk are so surly.
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19 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 6, 2016 at 9:45 PM

    This is not a new study. It has been noted for several years that the ocean makes you calmer and more creative and enhances your overall well being.

    I love the ocean, seas, rivers and lakes.

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  2. AnonymousMay 7, 2016 at 6:27 AM

    View ordinance? Our city should regulate the planting of trees and shrubs that block views. The problem is that most residents don't have a view so they don't care.

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  3. AnonymousMay 7, 2016 at 9:26 AM

    Another waste of time and money study.....
    Anything to keep the academics busy, after all it's not their money being spent.

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  4. AnonymousMay 7, 2016 at 9:27 AM

    It imparts a sense of spacious domain - countering the cramped hamster over-crowding phobia. Remember the studies of too many rats in a cage? They knaw each others' legs off.

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  5. Mackenzie CheesemanMay 7, 2016 at 12:14 PM

    I don't think anyone could argue with the calming effects of an ocean view, but the fact that people with ocean views are well enough off to afford ocean views probably plays into the lower stress equation...

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    1. AnonymousMay 7, 2016 at 4:56 PM

      Except the opposite is true.

      Studies show high earners often have more stress and anxiety.

      Mo money, mo problems.

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    2. EUMay 7, 2016 at 5:10 PM

      & the study controlled for wealth

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    3. AnonymousMay 9, 2016 at 11:22 AM

      I'm willing to give more money a shot. Anxiety be damned...

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    4. AnonymousMay 9, 2016 at 1:18 PM

      It's not the money that causes stress. It's the risk and responsibility you must take on to be paid well.

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  6. AnonymousMay 7, 2016 at 5:28 PM

    There always has to be a counter example. What happened with the City Planning and Engineering Departments??

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  7. AnonymousMay 7, 2016 at 5:36 PM

    Then lets all go buy ocean view property in New Zealand where the study was conducted.

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  8. ObservorMay 9, 2016 at 6:40 AM

    Except when you are on the front line watching that tsunami wave coming in from the San Andreas 8 pointer that is predicted!

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    1. AnonymousMay 9, 2016 at 9:34 AM

      San Andreas is inland, and a strike-slip fault. For both reasons, it cannot displace ocean floor to create a tsunami.

      https://news.usc.edu/82166/earthquake-experts-weigh-in-science-in-movie-san-andreas-a-bit-shaky/

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    2. Encinitas UndercoverMay 9, 2016 at 10:54 AM

      9:34,

      Indeed. Thank God we're not Oregon. Those people are crazy.

      http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one

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    3. AnonymousMay 9, 2016 at 2:44 PM

      Encinitas does have tsunami warning signs posted. A few years back they actually warned of the possibility of one occurring and the media and curious on-lookers lined the bluffs. It was about 6 inches high, as I recall. So there are some off-shore faults that might pop if or when the San Andreas rearranges the landscape.

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    4. AnonymousMay 9, 2016 at 4:04 PM

      The Newport-Inglewood fault continues south offshore and ties into the Rose Canyon fault. This system caused the powerful 1933 Long Beach quake. We don't have any record of recent activity on the southern end of that fault but it is possible.

      The more likely tsunami that the signs warn of would come from Hawaii or points east. Probably not in the next 1000 years but we never know until it happens.

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    5. AnonymousMay 9, 2016 at 6:20 PM

      Google Hilina Slump

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  9. AnonymousMay 9, 2016 at 4:02 PM

    Any word on a view of the rail corridor?

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  10. AnonymousMay 9, 2016 at 4:08 PM

    First world problems, first world benefits...

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