Thursday, July 12, 2007

Am i the only one who hates capital cities?

Being one of the millions people who have lived their whole life in the second biggest city of a country (as Thessaloniki in Greece and Nis in Serbia),capital cities seem to me as something...outrageous,meaningless,ugly...(i can go on like this for the next three pages...).Many of you will not agree with me,but this is my thoughts,my opinion and i have to tell it,otherwise it will explode in my brain!!!
Unfortunatelly,the past six months,the Greek goverment decided that the exams for the recognition of the medical diplomas have to take place in Athens and only in Athens!The exams are hard as they are,even if someone lives near the exams center.Imagine how difficult it is for us who have to travel 500 or more kilometres to Athens,have to stay in hotels (and pay much money) or in relatives (the lucky ones) and find the way to the exams center,not knowing Athens at all!It is the exams difficulty x 100 times!!!This is why i had to spend the last 4 days in Athens...and i thank God that it was only FOUR DAYS!!!(even though it seemed like an eternity!!!).

While i was in Athens i had to travel through the city by train,subway and bus,met some young people,talked to some old people,ate some junk food...Well,i am almost sure now that my worst week in Thessaloniki (or in Nis),is way better than a normal week in Athens!People are more friendly in "second" cities,even if they are young or old,they will talk to you for fun or they just won't pay any attention to you,while in Athens people are coming close to you,only for their benefit,young or old ones..
One of my biggest disappointments about big cities is that they are much more organized and comfortable than any other city,although the whole country is paying the same taxes!As an example:in the bus station in Athens you can hear classic music and a soft female voice which says : "music journeys by bus through Athens",the same time that in Thessaloniki there is no bus station and people have to get wet when it is raining and they are waiting for the bus(oh,yes,in Thessaloniki we wait for the bus twice as long as they do in Athens).

Maybe i am just furious because i had to spend a large ammount of money and i didn't pass my exams,but i beleive that there is a huge injustice going on and it has to stop!!!So,come on,everybody,stop going in Athens or in other capital cities for shopping or for concerts,stop behaving as if people who come from capital cities are all coultural,clever amd nice and see what is really going on : they are enjoying their lives on our expence!We are working for their pleasure!Enough!Stay in your city,enjoy with what you are having there and soon enough,things will get almost equal...We just have to be patient...Oh,patience is something that people in Athens ignore...So,am i the only one who hates Athens?...

P.S.:If you come from Athens,excuse me,but this is how i really feel about most of you...Hey,cousin,i am not referring to you...

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