The invention and rise of the city was both the best and the worst the human race has ever done. There are two opinions on the subject and I believe both are valid. In one corner people say that cities ruined man's already perfect way of life. They believe cities led to many flaws we have in society today and that humans would be better off without them. On the other hand, some people believe that cities are the best thing that could have happened to our planet. They say that the shift to cities made so many advances possible and helped our race greatly.
             First we have the view that cities were the worst thing that ever happened to this planet. These people believed that the hunter-gatherers of old must have been crazy to settle down and farm. They believe that those hunter-gatherers had an abundant food supply and plentiful time for rest but that changed when they switched to an agricultural way of life. First off, these new farmers began having to work day and night to make sure their crop was well taken care of. Also, they had no system of trade so their diet consisted of what they grew, which was one or two crops. Not to mention what would happen if for some reason that season's harvest was unsuccessful? The point is also made that after this switch to agriculture people began to procreate more. It was said that the moving lifestyle of a hunter-gatherer was a natural birth control. With that gone, humans began having babies at a rate much larger than previously. This, in addition to the high density of people, will eventually lead to our current problem of having to struggle to meet the world food demand and never quite getting there. Cities have also increased the social gap and allowed much violence and illegal acts.
             Second we have the view that cities are works of art that man invented for the better. People have this view say that man invented cities because they were the logical step in th
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