Western urbanites are people that live in
cities in
Western countries - that is, first-world countries like the
United States,
Canada, and most
countries in
Europe. So are they just people who live in Western cities? Well, sort of, except there is something very
special about them: it is almost as if they are a separate
class of
human beings due to the different
social pressures
created by so many
people living in such small
areas, and similar
economic pressures. The contrast between
city and
countryside is like that between an
expressway and an
open field.
There are many hazards of being a Western urbanite: strong frictions are created between groups of people, and racial discrimination increases, as does crime generally, drug associate problems, and poverty - also the standards of the physical environment decrease dramatically as more people are pulling on natural resources - clean air for example is hard to find in a city.
There are also enormous benefits of living in a city, all basically to do with availablity of resources, in particular human resources. Academia, commerce, and the standard of life in general all benefit from the situation.
Source: World Book Encyclopedia