Tornado Alley (PROG)

[janice shell]

Though I lived in the Philly suburbs as a child, and now as an old person, I've never lived in the city, or spent much time there. Easy as it is to get to--just a short train ride away--I don't think I've made the trip more than 10 or 15 times in the past 20 years. I'm sure I should have made the effort, if only to see the Mutter Museum, which I've never visited.

I have lived in New York, and, in Italy, in Milan. I like cities. And I think the real problem with people who talk about cities with horror is that they've never lived in one. Many haven't even visited the ones they most like to bitch about. When they do visit, they seem to feel lost and uncomfortable.

I don't get it. Cities are energizing.