Research For My Book

[browngirl]

So, what do you like about cities?

(If your answer is "nothing", that's fine, but I'll ask what people hate about cities in another entry sometime.)

Also, if you didn't grow up in a city, what was your first impression on the first time you entered one?

Thank'ee . :D

Comments

[happyfunpaul.livejournal.com]

It occurs to me that I should add something to my comment about "escaping from family/clan ties"... it's also true, historically, that many people who came to the city had connections with relatives or at least same-ethnic enclaves, and these were critical to success. Oftentimes, someone relied on the clan-ties in order to get a starting job and place to live (and later, startup money to start a new business). Said person couldn't achieve the same ends by relying on established institutions and the ruling class, because he (usually he) would be considered a bad risk. (This wasn't necessarily unfair discrimination, even-- but someone who's a bad loan risk to a bank might not be such a bad risk when ten cousins are around to make sure you do your damndest to pay it back.)