Yesterday, one of my friends was telling me about his warm village life. He had a lovey dovy life there. People are so close to each other, social bonds keep a peaceful environment.
‘Urban life is exhausting. People are so self obsessed. And look at the pollution. It’s all tiring!’ he said.
With a smile I asked, ‘Then why are you here?’
He replied with a bigger smile, ‘You know why!’
Yes we all know why. People come to city to fulfill their needs. Livelihood, better education, easy access to the important events, a hope of higher standard living bring them here. No wonder people, who come here are naturally prone to prioritise themselves above everything. Suppose you came to a city to get admitted into a better school, you will definitely want to meet that need first, right?
Louis Wirth, an influential sociologist from 1900’s, argued that urban people have schizoid characters. (In Psychology discipline, egocentric, secretive, emotionally cold, detached personality is called Schizoid) They are straight forward to their goals. Kinship, neighbourhood etc bonds are therefore so weak.
A city is like the heart of a civilization, a big part of revolution. People do not like urban area because of its pollution, built environment and cold unwelcoming nature. But did they ask why an urban area is so? We live in post modern era where both technologies and industries rule! (Basically technologies). It is much obvious that a city must be featured with modern devices, new built structures rather than trees and fields!
An urban area accepts variation. In that sense, it is much more welcoming than a rural one. What do you say?
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