But while the urban tribe helps us survive, it does not help us thrive. The urban tribe may bring us soup when we are sick, but it is the people we hardly know - those who never make it into our tribe - who will swiftly and dramatically change our lives for the better. Meg Jay
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The urban tribe offers us a means of survival, not of thriving. It is meant to help us beat the odds of the outside world through the power of group identity. However, the urban tribe does not build on its own, but relies on relationships that are built around people who are already part of the group. These people are called friends, but they are more like family.

Friends are there to support you in your time of need, but family is there through good times and bad times. This quote demonstrates that living in cities does not make you happy. Rather, it makes you dependent on other people who do not really know you.

Source: The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matterand How To Make The Most Of Them Now

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