On the other hand, people in rural areas tend to be on friendlier terms with their neighbours than people in high-density areas. For various reasons, including

On the other hand, people in rural areas tend to be on friendlier terms with their neighbours than people in high-density areas. For various reasons, including the fact that it's much easier to be on good terms with your neighbour when he lives way over the other side of the hill and nothing he does really affects you or vice versa. Also because of necessity -- if there's only two people in a ten-mile radius who can help you if you have a problem, it's nice to be on good terms with them. And finally just the fact that the fewer people you come into contact with, the easier it is to become friends with them. If you keep running into the same fifty people over and over again you'll get to know them, but most of the people I see in the city are people I'll never see again.