Philosophy of the place

Let’s start some philosophy with a one clear sentence.
When I say I like this place I don’t mean I like the place itself. The geographically specified piece of land bordered with some longitude and latitude coordinates. I mean the fact of being here. For who really relates to a place when they say they like it? One rather says they like the view, the smell, the flora and fauna – otherwise liking the place is totally unrelated to the place itself. What makes us attached is the atmosphere, the people we meet, the way this combination influences us. If you feel good/optimistic/positive, had a number of great experiences, you connect them to the place the happened in, even though they do not depend on the location. That way, you start liking the place. As if become addicted to it, hoping that this feeling will last and you will always, continuously receive as much from it. That is maybe why some people don’t want to re-visit the cities they spend their best yeas in – why to devastate the memories and the picture we preserve. We just have to remember this one specific thing - that it is not the place itself that generates our good mood. It is a combination – of people we meet, our attitude at the moment, decisions we take, time of the year, our age… all small details that creates the amalgam of good feeling. And it is a unique recipe. Not to be recreated.