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Live in the city or the country? How your location—and your thoughts on death—shape your travel choices

When the first case of COVID-19 in the U.S. emerged in January 2020, many Americans began to confront the reality of death. Six years later, researchers at the University of Florida and Hanyang University in South Korea are revealing how people's sense of their own mortality during the pandemic infl...

Live in the city or the country? How your location—and your thoughts on death—shape your travel choices
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When the first case of COVID-19 in the U.S. emerged in January 2020, many Americans began to confront the reality of death. Six years later, researchers at the University of Florida and Hanyang University in South Korea are revealing how people's sense of their own mortality during the pandemic influenced whether they traveled within their local communities.

Originally published at Phys.org

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