[cripplecreek]

"I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health and the liberties of man. True, they nourish some of the elegant arts; but the useful ones can thrive elsewhere; and less perfection in the others, with more health, virtue and freedom, would be my choice."
-Thomas Jefferson

[roamer_1]

"I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health and the liberties of man. [...]"

I heartily concur with Mr. Jefferson. And in considering the time that has past between he and I, it is fair to say it has always been so, and ever shall be.