daddysprop247
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Joined: 6/24/2005 From: DC Metro area Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: kittinSol Imagine this: you want a newspaper. Or a cup of coffee. Or simply, you want to go for a walk. In the city, you have an array of choices; you can go to a city park (London is full of them) and find some inspiration there. Or you can choose to meander down streets bustling full of people. You can select an exhibition at an art gallery, or go to a museum. You can wander. If one has a love for humanity, the city's where it's at it :-) . You want a newspaper? They are delivered (Or look on the internet) You want a cup of coffee? Make one. You want to go for a walk? You have miles and miles, go any direction you want. (city parks are the ugly bastard children of real nature) If you like beauty and art look around, beautiful sky, flowers, animals. If you love humanity the city is not where it's at, I live in one, nobody talks to you, nobody even looks you in the eye in case you might want to interact with them. I also lived in the country, people you dont know say hello and smile as they pass by. Small town grocers start up conversation. If one likes anonomity and distraction the city is where it's at. couldn't agree more with the above....the cold, distant, superficial, hands-off vibe of most big city or even suburban life lovers is something i don't think i can ever get used to. for me having to go into D.C. for shopping and such is brutal enough...people can't be bothered to waste a thought on their fellow human beings, everyone's wrapped in their own little glass worlds and don't you dare try to shatter that by saying "hello" as you pass them by. it also amazes and depresses me at how many city dwellers are completely oblivious to the plight of the homeless and starving all around them, ignoring their pleas, even casually stepping over them on their way into pricey restaurants with their cell phones perpetually attached to their ear and an extra one strapped to their waist. a sad state of humanity indeed. give me the beauty and warmth of the country anyday, where one in need must only turn to their neighbor for a meal or some shelter, and where mercifully the cellies get bad or no reception.
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