It’s a myth that people who live in cities are naturally more open-minded, more accepting and tolerant of difference. The truth is, whatever people are, be it saints or bigots, they simply are these things, and the city – by smashing all those different kinds of people up against one another – just makes people’s tolerance (or lack of it) all that much more pronounced.

It’s a myth that people who live in cities are naturally more open-minded, more accepting and tolerant of difference. The truth is, whatever people are, be it saints or bigots, they simply are these things, and the city – by smashing all those different kinds of people up against one another – just makes people’s tolerance (or lack of it) all that much more pronounced.

– Suzanne Rindell –

Three-Martini Lunch

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