Where the Wild Questions Live

There are times in my life when I find it necessary to disaffiliate myself from what has become mistaken for civilization, aka, syphilization. Civilization, by definition, represents an advanced stage of cultural, scientific, and governmental organizations, distinguishing it from more primitive tribal communities. The inherent bias in the definition is self-evident, leading me to believe it has been refined over the years by those who have lost touch with life outside cities. Is it civilized to cram hordes of people into substandard living space for which they pay extortionary fees?