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/^t/Nevertheless, living in the city one loses touch with the land and rhythm of nature. City-dwellers are barely conscious of the seasons of the year. A few flowers in a public park may remind them that it is spring or summer. Tall buildings blot out the sun and traffic fumes pollute the atmosphere. The flow of traffic goes on and noise hardly ever stops. Above all, it is the daily stress and strains of the city which make life there so difficult and exhausting.