Is every village really a village?

Although the appearance of the superstructure of the cable network, which provides fixed telephone and internet infrastructure, is ugly, it is foldable in terms of the technology it offers. Funny but true!

One of the most important reasons why I like village life is that there are many areas that preserve their naturalness, but not every village! Some villages resemble the suburbs of a big city with their horizontal and primitive structures in terms of close and sprawling houses/streets.

Concrete houses, concrete pavements, concrete streets and concrete gardens ... what's the point of living in a village if you can't walk with your feet on the ground?

In many villages that have preserved their natural character, there are still stone-built houses with large gardens and tiled roofs. Having a large garden allows you to cultivate the garden, produce your own eggs and have a cow from which you can buy your own milk.

In order to receive public services, cable networks that spoil the natural character of the village, like cobwebs, cover the minority of streets, further spoiling the visual appearance. The transformation of infrastructure into superstructure, or even the fact that it never fully transforms into infrastructure, is now customary and considering the services provided, it is not something that anyone cares about. As long as it remains only on the streets, it can be accepted up to a point.

Looking carefully at the surroundings of the village, it is possible to understand what the people in the village do for a living. The livelihood of a village/family/household is important for sustainable life. It is easy to reach the source of livelihood wherever production is based.

It is not just about producing and selling. Growing your own vegetables, producing your own eggs, being able to buy your own milk and dairy products will support a life without money for weeks. Sowing and growing wheat means producing your own flour. The flour you have is the ability to make your own bread.

There are villages that are able to fulfil all these requirements and keep the scales in a delicate balance in their sustainable life, as well as villages that have adopted the life in concrete structures in the city. The villages in the first example are highly developed economically and socially, while the villages in the other example consist of those who can barely manage to make a living.

I think the most common example is the cicada and the ant.