Large cities, like predators, devour people, but they are a hundred times more terrible than any dangerous beast, slowly swallowing you whole, they do not kill for protection or food. And perhaps death would be the best outcome, because there is nothing further, you are at peace. The city can chew you for a long time and painfully so that you will remain conscious and see everything, slowly plunging into an oblivious mortal sleep. Could there be anything worse than being left without a livelihood and a roof over your head? – Maybe!?