[edelweiss]

I doubt anyone who loves hiking and being in the peacefulness and contemplative mood of nature really likes what they see upon entering a big city. If they did they wouldn't be so interested in leaving the city and work behind them in the first place. I'm sure it all seems bleak and pointless.

I consider myself a city person. I could not live in a place any smaller than where I live now. When I go on vacation I only go to bigger cities, it's just the way I am. I really enjoy the stark contrasts between the good and the bad of big cities. I don't think I would feel so strongly the good I do enjoy from them if they were without their dark complex underbelly. Much like real people I truly like, I enjoy complexity, I appreciate a bit of grit. I also enjoy feeling like one small fish caught up in the waves. It makes me feel calm and human. I know it's strange but that's how I've felt about it since I was a small girl living in a small town.

Sorry if that all sounds too odd.