It is so common for many people living in major urban areas not to know their neighbors and this phenomenon can be attributed to certain factors. First and foremost it is the headache’s pace of life that forces people to focus on their work rather on their relationships and from my personal experience I totally know these things because I used to work in a major city and I have to say that the life there was very stressful that I had absolutely no time to be in touch with the people around me. Another reason that we should take into account is that people living in a city sometimes suffer from a sense of insecurity maybe because of high rates of crime or because they are just afraid that the people they meet have a malicious intent towards them.
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It is so common for many people living in major urban areas not to know their neighbors, and this phenomenon can be attributed to certain factors. First and foremost, it is the hectic pace of life that forces people to focus on their work rather than their relationships. From my personal experience, I know this because I used to work in a major city, and I have to say that life there was very stressful; I had absolutely no time to be in touch with the people around me. Another reason we should take into account is that people living in a city sometimes suffer from a sense of insecurity, maybe because of high rates of crime or because they are just afraid that the people they meet have malicious intent towards them.
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