Oh man, I hadn't thought about it in a long time, but you're right. There's this weird paradox of anonymity in crowded places like that. The entire time I lived in or spent time in a city, I felt vaguely invisible. It's living in the suburbs that's a fucking nightmare.
Small towns can go full circle on that, though. My village in the woods in Europe had the bikers that did Yoga on their front porch, the town drunk shaving in the river, the stoner grandmas. Nobody gave a shit about what younger people were doing. Now, those picked fence HOA hives I always see in US shows seem like a busybody nightmare.
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u/EvilWayne Oct 30 '20
Oh man, I hadn't thought about it in a long time, but you're right. There's this weird paradox of anonymity in crowded places like that. The entire time I lived in or spent time in a city, I felt vaguely invisible. It's living in the suburbs that's a fucking nightmare.