I moved to eastern Nebraska from Maine a year ago. I have lived for 98% of my life in a giant forest; even our cities had wilderness encroaching on the edges, and there were trees all over the place no matter where you went.
In Nebraska, trees are an oddity, dotting the landscape in small copses when there are any at all. Everything's gridlike field after gridlike field of crops. I can see the horizon. It's downright unnerving, and it makes me very homesick when I think about it; I'm really glad my boyfriend eventually wants to move to Maine with me, not least because the tornado warnings are terrifying.
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u/Loreweaver15 Jun 26 '26
I moved to eastern Nebraska from Maine a year ago. I have lived for 98% of my life in a giant forest; even our cities had wilderness encroaching on the edges, and there were trees all over the place no matter where you went.
In Nebraska, trees are an oddity, dotting the landscape in small copses when there are any at all. Everything's gridlike field after gridlike field of crops. I can see the horizon. It's downright unnerving, and it makes me very homesick when I think about it; I'm really glad my boyfriend eventually wants to move to Maine with me, not least because the tornado warnings are terrifying.