Having gone small town to “the city,” my interactions with other humans are by and large a net negative to the point that it’s almost better for one’s sanity to not involve outside of whatever communities you have therein.

Having spent a decade now here, it feels a bit like when you’re getting a cavity ground out at the dentist and they finally hit the nerve. Spending time away, “back home” or in some other tight-knit society only seems to fill it in for it to be ground back down.

For the folks that can and do thrive in “the city,” I find it fascinating on how we must differ in mind and spirit.