Living in a fast-paced city comes withrninherent rewards-and risks. The same intensity that makes an urban lifestyle so appealing may also make it difficult and even dangerous, especially from a mental-health perspective. Studies have found higher rates of psychoses like schizophrenia in city dwellers than in rural residents, but researchers haven't quite figured out why that's so. Is it something in the nature of the city itself that contributes to mental instability? Or is it a characteristic of the people who gravitate to urban living in the first place?
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