I’ve lived in various places — sometimes in the countryside, other times in the heart of Manhattan. In some years I had a suburban existence, and I spent one long lovely stretch of time living near the beach in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n
I believe that these different environments have drawn out different aspects of my personality. When I am a country mouse, I am definitely not the same as when I am a city mouse.<\/p>\n
One thing that I am curious about how permanent these changes are. When we move to a different place — desert to mountain, hot to cold, urban to forest — does that create long term changes in our personality? Or do is the opposite true: Do we quickly morph our inner being to match our environs?<\/p>\n
I wonder whether anyone has done any long term studies to work out the answer to this question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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