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		Symbiote on July 23, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Walking in Nature Changes the Brain The literal "Shire" is the West Midlands of England [1]. Examples: Staffordshire: http://roughmini.s3.amazonaws.com/best-places/2015/wp-conten... Worcestershire: http://hdw.datawallpaper.com/architecture/broadway-tower-wor... Warwickshire: http://news.warwickshire.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/B... The Black Country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Country https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=industrial+revolution+blac... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shire_%28Middle-earth%29#Inspi...

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