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Tolkien lived in a city in Oxford which was neither bucolic nor a village. It sounds more like you hate industry and wish to return to bucolic village life.

• mikeyouse 4y ago
  Tolkiens views weren’t subtle or complicated.. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmentalism_in_The_Lord_of_the_Rings https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmentalism_in_The_Lord...
  • r_harriso 4y ago
    Wow didn’t even take as much work as I suggested.
• r_harriso 4y ago
  Seems like you googled where he lived and haven’t read any analysis of his works and letters.
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• ehnto 4y ago
  I have no idea if Tolkein loved or hated industry, but simply living in a city doesn't suddenly make you an industrialist as much as living in a village doesn't make you a farmer. If anything, living in the city gives you an excellent perspective on the effects of industrialization, form ones own opinions from there.
  • r_harriso 4y ago
    Also, there were cities before industrialization. Can’t remember the names of any right now… but I pretty sure there were a few.
    • bawolff 4y ago
      Pretty sure that's most capital cities in europe. E.g. London, Rome
      • V-2 4y ago
        I suppose GP was being ironic ;)
• bencollier49 4y ago
  Bit of a stretch to figure Oxford as "ravaged by industry" though, isn't it? The Cotswolds are suffused with bucolicity.
• lordnacho 4y ago
  Oxford is known for having some quite stunning villages surrounding it. I went back in the weekend for a reunion, the city itself is still quite pretty with plenty of river paths.