Many people dream about living in a capital… But what is hidden behind the life in a megalopolis and is it that sweet as it seems?
People literally dissolve in the furious pace of the city: a bustling, traffic, mobility, and you - just a grain of sand, which is caught by this whirlwind and directed in a given order. No time to stop once to think... Urgent need to run somewhere all the time... No time for socializing, but for fleeting chatter. Enough time for sex, but not enough for love. You manage to establish business contacts, but you can’t help a friend. No time to even think about that you are alone.
London is one of the largest and the most attractive capitals in the world. It brings so many colors and opportunities starting from employments, magnificence of sightseeing and architecture to an interesting and eventful life full of new impressions and acquaintances... It is all true. However there are pitfalls.
It is an interesting fact that the highest percentage of lonely single people live in the large cities. Life in a city separates its inhabitants, rather than unites. It doesn’t matter how many friends you have, what kind of job you do and what happening around, you feel lonely to some aspect. Constant rush makes us less socially active. Only in a big city like London we can see people dining alone, visiting places alone. Moreover, after sometime it seems so normal to us - foreigners, that we, ourselves, turn into those lonely people.
According to statistics, London has a very small percentage of indigenous citizens. The rest is immigrants. It doesn’t matter how long they live in the capital all of them have their own background, traditions and customs, which are absorbed with their mothers’ milk on the "land of their ancestors”. Therefore, many residents have communicating difficulties, problems with finding an adequate partner. As a result, large cities are beating all records for the number of single and lonely people. Loneliness is dangerous because often we do not notice it until the moment we stay completely alone at night in an empty apartment...
Well, back to reality now. No time to think about loneliness. And if you do not think about it, then it doesn’t exist. Hmmm..., what’s happened to me?! Away from the sad thoughts now, back to the motion, yet so many things to do...
People literally dissolve in the furious pace of the city: a bustling, traffic, mobility, and you - just a grain of sand, which is caught by this whirlwind and directed in a given order. No time to stop once to think... Urgent need to run somewhere all the time... No time for socializing, but for fleeting chatter. Enough time for sex, but not enough for love. You manage to establish business contacts, but you can’t help a friend. No time to even think about that you are alone.
It is an interesting fact that the highest percentage of lonely single people live in the large cities. Life in a city separates its inhabitants, rather than unites. It doesn’t matter how many friends you have, what kind of job you do and what happening around, you feel lonely to some aspect. Constant rush makes us less socially active. Only in a big city like London we can see people dining alone, visiting places alone. Moreover, after sometime it seems so normal to us - foreigners, that we, ourselves, turn into those lonely people.
According to statistics, London has a very small percentage of indigenous citizens. The rest is immigrants. It doesn’t matter how long they live in the capital all of them have their own background, traditions and customs, which are absorbed with their mothers’ milk on the "land of their ancestors”. Therefore, many residents have communicating difficulties, problems with finding an adequate partner. As a result, large cities are beating all records for the number of single and lonely people. Loneliness is dangerous because often we do not notice it until the moment we stay completely alone at night in an empty apartment...
Well, back to reality now. No time to think about loneliness. And if you do not think about it, then it doesn’t exist. Hmmm..., what’s happened to me?! Away from the sad thoughts now, back to the motion, yet so many things to do...
Comments
What is the mistake Lenka?
There are many examples of life full of socializing and love in big cities.Take Haruki Murakami for example , in all his books he is center of peace and calm right in the middle of crazy Tokyo. Don't feel lonely , you have many friends:)