jaxxop t1_je2863z wrote on March 28, 2023 at 9:44 PM

Apart from other answers it also really helps with protecting the biodiversity that cities slaughters. So birds, insects and whatnot can have someplace to live in between all the concrete.

PeteyMax t1_je299lw wrote on March 28, 2023 at 9:51 PM

I lived in Toronto for a total of about 1 year, 2/3 of that time near the ravines. One time my friend took to the museum of natural history, where we could view stuffed animals, live insects, and small mammals neurotically pacing back and forth inside glass cages. Pretty awful considering just hiking in the ravines I saw foxes, coyotes, otters, a great horned owl, and many other forms of wildlife, all in their natural habitat.