Good for you! Though, actually I have some issue with the point the article makes about nature ... I think you state it better when you say that city-dwellers are encouraged to be "thick-skinned". Kind of like the way when you're walking on a quiet street in the country, you'd be rude if you didn't acknowledge passers-by, but when it's a busy street in the city, you just can't say hello to everyone, so a certain sociable part of you shuts down for a while.
I think it's interesting though, how big crowds can be both indifferent and supportive. Like at a baseball game ... there are thousands of strangers around you, but if something remarkable happens, you share the event like old friends. Same with a mosh-pit, or a marathon, ... or a disaster. Taking that into account, the crowds of city life can be an encouragement as much as a detriment...
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Date: 2005-10-05 07:56 pm (UTC)I think it's interesting though, how big crowds can be both indifferent and supportive. Like at a baseball game ... there are thousands of strangers around you, but if something remarkable happens, you share the event like old friends. Same with a mosh-pit, or a marathon, ... or a disaster. Taking that into account, the crowds of city life can be an encouragement as much as a detriment...