That very last part line struck a chord with me.
It's almost like you're stuck between two worlds in a second world country and they're losing the best bits from both third and first worlds.
Perhaps you are correct, this country has its eyes on so-called modernity, but it has chosen to only take the worst parts like inefficient transportation, air-con, and food desserts. On the other hand, there is no interest anymore in someone trying to hustle a living from home by plying their crafts in the neighborhood. It's a lose-lose I guess you could say, but the lack of much human-to-human interaction on a daily basis is the most depressing.
I'm a bit of an introvert, but I miss my daily 3 and 4 minute conversations with the dozens and dozens of people I would interact with to get daily necessities. Here the social living has been replaced by fences, windows, doors, and other physical barriers to human socialization. !ENGAGE 140
I hear you. I'm also an introvert, but when we first came to Australia my girls were in the school system, hubby was working and I was struggling with home sickness. I would walk down to the shopping centre just for some human interaction, then later started helping at the school.