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> You go to cities for commerce, optionality, stimulation, sex, culture, bright lights, and the feeling of being relevant. Cities tell you that, whatever human
by the_gipsy 5y ago
> You go to cities for commerce, optionality, stimulation, sex, culture, bright lights, and the feeling of being relevant. Cities tell you that, whatever human life is about, you are right on top of it.
No, Sasha, most people go to the city to escape poverty.
- dragonwriter 5y ago“to escape poverty” is a subset of “for commerce”.
- technothrasher 5y agoSome of us don’t go to cities at all if they can help it. My visit to a city is usually because I was dragged there by somebody else, or because I’m traveling through to get somewhere else. I’ve visited enough cities (in every continent but South America, and Antarctica obviously) to know you all can keep them.
- the_gipsy 5y agoI recently moved out of the city too, and everything in the article resonates with me. It's just that people that move into the city usually do it to get a better job. If you have been born there, yea, it probably feels like what the author said, you don't even realize.