When researchers looked at neighborhoods with parks versus neighborhoods without, after adjusting for socioeconomic factors, they found that neighborhoods with parks had higher levels of social trust and were better able to advocate for themselves politically.
Kad su istraživači promatrali četvrti s parkovima naspram četvrti bez parkova, nakon podešavanja  socioekonomskih čimbenika, otkrili su da su četvrti s parkovima imale višu razinu društvenog povjerenja i bile spremnije politički se  zalagati za sebe.