Sentences with phrase «urbanites live»

This is the area to the west of the capital where wealthy urbanites live out country fantasies wearing Hunter wellies and Barbour jackets, relaxing in stylishly done - up cafes and excellent restaurants.
To check whether helminths cause the same effects in people, the scientists compared two populations in Malaysia: urbanites living in Kuala Lumpur, who harbor few intestinal parasites, and members of an indigenous group, the Orang Asli, who live in a rural area where the worms are rife.

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Mobile payment apps may have been China's latest greatest invention among young smartphone - savvy urbanites, but for many older generation, such newfangled technology only serves to make their lives more confusing.
A polished urbanite, Shula has made certain concessions to Jarvis and rural life.
But by 2030, most urbanites will live in Asia and Africa.
He adds that as a result of the discoveries, «The traditional vision of some mass of hapless lemmings — scrounging for whatever they can pinch from the side of a street, or huddled around a bowl of gruel — needs to be replaced by a higher fare and standard of living, at least for the urbanites in Pompeii.
It's also the first stop for many new urbanites, the droves of villagers flocking to the capital in hopes of a better life.
Sixty percent of the world's population will likely live in cities by the year 2030, so models like Aerofarms that grow food for urbanites using less land and less transportation are only going to become more important.
The 20 personality types are: Artist, Bar Game Buff, Cultured Urbanite, Curious George, Eternal Optimist, Family First, Fast and Furious, Happy - Go - Lucky, Health Buff, Intellectual, Live Event Fan, Mainly Mainstream, Pinteresters, Romantic, Salt of the Earth, Social Butterfly, Sports Fanatic, Weekend Warrior, Well - Rounded, and Outdoor Adventurer.
So maybe this whole thing with Greta Gerwig is Dawn's dying hallucination of her dream life as a sophisticated urbanite, or maybe she faked her own death and ran off to New York, or maybe Solondz just doesn't really care.
11 Minutes (11 Minut)-- Jerzy Skolimowski, Poland / Ireland North American Premiere A jealous husband out of control, his sexy actress wife, a sleazy Hollywood director, a reckless drug messenger, a disoriented young woman, an ex-con hot dog vendor, a troubled student on a mysterious mission, a high - rise window cleaner on an illicit break, an elderly sketch artist, a hectic paramedics team and a group of hungry nuns: a cross-section of contemporary urbanites whose lives and loves intertwine.
An urbanite out on his morning run suspects that the city in which he's lived all his life has transmogrified into another city altogether.
The phenomena of Urbanites and suburbanites condescending to those living in rural areas has a long history.
But Jon Talton, the economics columnist for the Seattle Times, points out that while current urbanites now embrace «high - density, environmentally friendly living,» their focus on the importance of proximity invariably necessitates having a disposable - income lifestyle — and that's become a double - edged sword for many.
Building rental units in sought - after urban communities would also help reduce environmental damage caused by longer commutes and deter or prevent a possible flight - of - talent that may occur in the near future if more and more middle - class urbanites are unable to afford to live in the city they work in.
The club itself is located underground at the end of a series of sloping steps where, on any given night, hundreds of urbanites can be found lounging about with a drink in hand, watching the live music and taking in the bustling scene around them.
Yang carves out some of the most challenging to capture aspects of fleeting human life, skewed to reflect ways in which Chinese urbanites» lives are at once similar and at the same time unfamiliar to foreigners peering into the windows he creates.
Most of the artists represented in Zooming into Focus live and work in China's swiftly expanding southern megalopolises and frequently address those issues that directly affect young urbanites — the social impact of burgeoning consumerism, the meteoric rise of youth culture, the threatening loss of identity amidst the city swirl, the persistent sense of time speeding by.
This desire drove her art into the streets where, since 1999, Swoon has been wheat - pasting life - size portraits of everyday urbanites onto walls in New York and other cities.
Living «off the grid» might be too much of a shock for most urbanites.
We must discard the view that environmentalism means living around trees and that urbanites should always fight to preserve a city's physical past....
So, if urbanites are complacent about the destruction of rural Ontario, what's happened to all the Greenies who usually live in the cities?
The biggest fight has been against renewable energy schemes (which urbanites love as they don't have to live next to them) and the ever - rising cost of fuel.
As a Toronto urbanite who grew up on a farm in rural Ontario, and who identifies with both city and country life, I recently became aware of a battle that rural residents of Ontario have been waging for five years, namely against the scourge of towering industrial wind factories that have been forced on -LSB-...]
More than half of the world's population now lives in cities; by 2040 the proportion of urbanites is expected to reach 70 percent, adding urgency to the urban heat island problem.
Barrio Parque Los Andes is at least 80 years old, but it has so many of the qualities that any environmentalist or green urbanite would want for a home: low rise buildings separated by shadow distance, green spaces, culture, and community living.
A couple of SPORTS earbuds and several RS, Urbanite, and Momentum headphones deck out its offerings, bringing with them features like NFC, long battery life, noise isolation, and durability to meet a variety of needs.
The Sennheiser Urbanite XL Wireless Headphones add serious bass to the company's signature sound and offer up to 25 hours of battery life.
I used the Urbanites over the course of a week for two hours at time with 60 percent battery life remaining after the seven - day period.
Beloved by green - fingered urbanites, we predict «living walls» to be the biggest indoor gardening trend of the year.
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