Why a Village is “Culturally Purer” than a City
As even the least developed corner of the globe undergoes continual shift of populations off farms and rural villages into the embrace of concrete jungles of urban society, the influence of cities on the overall outlook of the society and its future trajectory is becoming more and more significant. However, to say that major cities are the primary indicator of a society’s characteristic would exaggerate the role that such cities may play in the overall economic and cultural development of the society in question. Instead, the primary focus should be on small towns and rural villages, where the poorest of the poor continue to reside.