However, in places with housing shortages, play areas can suffer. Brunge points out that even in some parts of relatively well-funded Scandinavia, playgrounds are under pressure. "In the new dense housing areas (of Sweden), it's hard to get a big enough space for things like kindergartens, schools, play areas and parks. The parks get smaller and with the dense exploitation, more people are using them. This has meant that we are having a hard time getting natural vegetation like lawns, flowers and shrubs to survive because of wear and tear." Long echoes this. "Now it's a watered-down version, of 'let's make some nice play equipment'. The radical past is not so alive now."
