How to Feel One With Your City

Get a job as soon as possible. Become a part of the flow. Contribute. Create Value.

Cities can be gruelling, but if you get involved and contribute, you gain the benefit of these hives of human productivity. Halfpoint/Shutterstock

When was the first time you felt connected to the life of a city?

When I was younger, I could see the busyness of the world around me—the high office buildings, the businesses, the traffic, the construction, the people rushing off to do things. But it all felt foreign and unrelatable.