Does city living make more people crazy? (congestion, ears, feeling)

[Submariner]

City living intensifies brain stress response and increases mental illness risk

City living intensifies brain stress response and increases mental illness risk

[stepka]

I don't know--I lived in the country for years and it seemed like there were a lot of mental health cases there--drugs and alcohol problems ran rampant. More suicides and car accidents, that sort of thing. That was my personal observation, so no statistics to back it up, but I had the feeling that loneliness was endemic and greatly contributed to the problems--that and a bad economy, even during good times.

[jaijai]

I think it depends on ones systems capacity to deal with the stress of huge human population and the frenetic pace of city life, air pollution, noise pollution, and EMR pollution.
I lived in the city for 20 years and could never and would never want to do it again.
It also depends on how important a connection with nature is.
For me, it's essential to my physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health.

[kyle19125]

I believe it. The filth, grime, congestion, constant noise and not to mention feeding off the stress of others. I lived in Philadelphia for 7 years and after moving to a suburban town in Florida feel far less stressed.