The Village

Guess the point (if any) - 4:

I remember in New York the Village is considered one of the coolest neighborhoods. There you can find old buildings, no skyscrapers, no rush, people chilling out in the streets surrounded by tiny coffee shops.
The bohemian look of this neighborhood almost makes you forget you are in a rich metropolis.

In Khourigba the Village is the wealthiest neighborhood in the town. For this reason and even if we would rather visit the suk and the small, dirty and crowded streets of the downtown (in some way similar to the Village in New York), our host family takes us to visit this part of the town: just sumptuous residences and the clean, quiet streets of a residential neighborhood.

While in one of the most rich towns in the world a slow and modest style of life is considered a privilege, in this little and slow town rich houses and fast cars are reasons of vaunt and opulence is boasted as one of the biggest status symbols.

There seems to be some lack of balance between values in this story.