So instead we should be looking at the massive failing small towns all across the area for examples? Humans population grows and it has to go somewhere. Humans are social animals so we congregate. Congregated humans also create opportunities for each other. Yes problems come with that but framing it as “this is the problem of urbanites” when more than half of the world’s population lives in cities is an othering framing that doesn’t actually help anything. There’s plenty of problems from small town communities spread all over the place too.
“It’s those damn young people”. “It’s those damn urbanites”. “It’s those damn techies”. Replace that kind of thinking with religious or racial terms and consider how you’re looking at a very large and diverse group of people.
“It’s those damn young people”. “It’s those damn urbanites”. “It’s those damn techies”. Replace that kind of thinking with religious or racial terms and consider how you’re looking at a very large and diverse group of people.