I think part of it is that the only place to get outdoors here is all pavement and concrete and steel and glass. There is almost no green space, and the little there is doesn't get any sunlight. It is convenient for grocery shopping but the grocery store is not a peaceful place nor is the route to and from it.
I am a city person born and bred but as soon as I left home at 18 I discovered the countryside and now it is like I am starved of it, starved for trees and grass and other creatures besides just other humans even though I am human.
I am old, broke, and retired, have no car in a country where people need cars to get anywhere but their own small locale, e.g., to green space, and what green spaces there are aren't within walking distance and aren't very safe, certainly not peaceful.
I am also losing all my friends right now. We e-mail each other or "Like" stuff on FB, but when I put something important out there, asking a question about something that matters to me, or posting a thought, they all disappear so I wonder if we really are friends.
Or maybe I expect too much of them too, and too much of friendship.
But every time I start to feel too old and tired to bother, something in me starts to think there must be something better somewhere, and some sort of communication.
Sometimes I think my cat has the best way of dealing with it. She sleeps a lot. Usually close to me. ^. .^