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EURA Conversation #58
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Conversation #58
THOUGHTS ON LONELINESS IN THE EUROPEAN CITY
by Nina Goldman, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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For me, living in a city centre apartment means a short walk to my office, access to a dense transport network and proximity to a dazzling array of food and leisure options. However, living in the city centre also comes with a great deal of anonymity. I so rarely see my neighbours that I don’t even know what most of them look like. I’ve quickly realised that building a social network in a new place would be very difficult without the connections provided by my local university work. In her memoir, The Lonely City, Olivia Laing writes “[y]ou can be lonely anywhere, but there is a particular flavour to the loneliness that comes from living in a city, surrounded by millions of people [and yet feeling connected to none]” (2016, p.1).... Keep reading...
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