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The ills of modern cities



The most glaring ill of modern cities is that the people in it


are always in a hurry. Businesspeople, wage-earners,


laborers, pedlars, crooks and assorted characters all rush


about in their activities. It is rush, rush and more rush. City


folks rush to work, rush to get their work done, rush to


have lunch and rush home. Then perhaps they rush to


have dinner or rush to a party. Finally in the early hours of


the morning it is a rush to, as they say, grab some sleep
before the rush next morning.




I was in Sydney, Australia, for a visit once. As I took a


leisurely stroll along the city streets, I was amazed at how


everyone seemed to be walking very quickly past me.


Even old ladies of seventy simply overtook me without any


difficulty. Some younger ones were actually running


towards God knows where. To cross the busy roads,


everyone crowded near the traffic lights. The moment the


lights changed to green for the pedestrians, they took off


not unlike sprinters off the blocks. That was a rush indeed.
I was forced to walk quickly too, otherwise I was likely to


be trampled on by the crowd.




NO wonder modern city-dwellers suffer from all sorts of


stress-r



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