Rural America has the benefit of being surrounded by nature, and as infrastructure continues to improve in these rural communities, and more and more households have access to cable and high-speed Internet, there remains a smoldering unease among some who believe this progression may damage residents’ quality of life. The Adirondacks should be front and center of this unease. While it is true that increased infrastructure will further economic development for local communities within the Adirondacks as well as increase quality of life as it is popularly measured, rural communities should not follow society’s trek into a media driven, hyper-individualistic world without first gaining a better understanding of the healing powers of nature. While it may seem obvious, often over looked is the fact that areas that rely more heavily on media, suffer an increased detachment from nature. The scattered communities of the Adirondacks must become better informed on the possible detrimental effects of human beings’ increasingly foreign relationship with nature.