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City Slicker

The other day, a Kansas farm boy told me that he just didn’t understand why anyone would want to live in the city (I think he was referring specifically to New York, but I’m sure his sentiments would apply to pretty much any big city) with “all those people, the traffic, the noise…” I couldn’t relate at all and thought something along the lines of “if the alternative’s living in Kansas, I’m going to stick with the city.” But after spending about 20 hours driving through eastern Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and western Illinois, I arrived in Chicago last night, and driving around this morning with my friend Connie I was very aware of how crowded and noisy and crazy it is in the city. I actually had a moment of thinking how strange it is that all these people live crammed into such a small area when they could have so much space and quiet to themselves out in the country. I had to spend a few minutes purposefully reminding myself of the good things about city living. What’s happening to me?



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