Part of what you wrote is correct, Lynn. But, think about this; you 'don't' live in the city. Do you really feel like you are 'in cintrol'?. If your answer is yes, remind me again of why you are afraid to sell a silly gallon of milk.
What being in the city, and then visiting rural areas does accomplish is to give a person perspective on some ideas like 'power of numbers', 'dependence upon municipal utilities' ; 'dependence on food distribution'; things like that. In the city, I could see total chaos, within a few weeks, for the people 'left' in the city. Those of us who are able, though, will have left the city, and headed toward the rural areas; some of us to family and friends with only good intent; others; the direction and intent will be different.
City people think Country people are dumb, uneducated, easily manipulated hicks. Ruralites think that people living in the city are weak , soft, p*ssies. Both views are naiive. You know how cheap life could be in certain parts of Philly, the same is true of 'certain' parts of this city. Cities compress numbers. We are simply the children or grandchildren of rural people. Am I so different from my deer hunting, wood-cutting; brothers at home. No, of course. Are you really that much different , as a person, than when you lived in Philidelphia? probably not.........
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--- On Mon, 12/8/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:
I think it comes from being in the city; it gives one a feeling of not being in control of their lives. Surrounded by people you don't know or trust...I felt that way, too, when I lived in the city.
Lynn Wigglesworth
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