spokedust

Country Life Utopia

In the natural wave pattern of life, I oscillate between agrarian dreams and urban utopia. I enjoy the city. As I read blogs, books, & converse with agrarians, the reasons I hear for moving out to the country are often anti-urban. Like cities are inherently evil. Not that I think my friends believe this. There are just more original sinners in one place - so maybe its true... But then I recall God's rest in the old testament was a .....CITY. A city on a hill.

The city affords some great opportunities - you have to practice love for your neighbor on a higher level than the country. In the city, your neighbor could be black, hispanic,gay, democrat, communist, old... There's more differences. Also because of the differences, there is exposure - In chinatown, your senses can be assaulted in some degree. Yet, the country affords more freedoms and more opportunity to practice interdependence. HAve to think more on this.

posted by bikenomad @ 10:27 PM