Experiences of growing up in a city have been presented by many novelists and psychologists - two that spring to mind instantly are James Joyce ("Dubliners" and "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man") and T.S. Eliot ("The Prelude.") There are of course different types of people who live in a city - in Dublin for example at the turn of the century the city was a collection of conurbated villages where everyone still knew everyone else's business because the city was small and families large and overlapping. T.S. Eliot on the other hand presents a more familar view of city life where the centre is daily populated only, because the people are identity-less commuters servicing the huge financial and establishment agencies. Due to the alien environment, trust has not built up and people are self-protective and non-engaging with strangers who could be anyone with any disorder.
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