I was raised in the suburb. As mentioning the particular name of the suburb will attract more question, I always say that I'm living in the city. It is much easier, much simpler, and attract less question.
When I was much younger, going out to the city is a like going faraway abroad. Considering that according to Google Maps it can took around 1 hour from Vienna to Bratislava, I think my sentiment is sufficiently well founded. As I am growing up, the city is the place where I can buy cooler stuffs and to hanging out with cooler people. A weekly treat and a break from the suburb. Now, the city is the place where I work and where I find my jam, my least favorite jam which is traffic jam.
The city is where I am becoming a drone with all my routine. I think at some point everyone has a fantasy to leave everything they have now and live somewhere "better". I heard about a girl who quit lawyer-ing and study cooking or reading an article where people leave everything behind. It's certainly not easy and some people do have familial obligation therefore, leaving everything behind and move faraway certainly not an option.
We do whatever we can do to survive. Maybe at the earlier stage we have an ambition to change the world or at least leaving a mark in this world. Trying to make sense of what is life, why do we live or whether we are truly alive. In the end, some people becomes a corporate drone and waiting for their monthly salary; another able to to pursue their less paid dreams but leave their mark in the world; some people able to have it all. It's matter of choice, efforts, luck and the combination thereof.
When I was small and live in the suburb, life is much-much simpler. I am yearning to become older and can do whatever I want. When I am older and work in the city, life is much-much more complicated. I am yearning for my younger years and the simpler things that I used to have.
