In doing so, however, one increases one's vulnerability to disorganization in the face of change. Or, one can take risks, rushing headlong into new places, new people, and new situations, thereby increasing one's self-knowledge and one's skills and, in the long run, finding the city not to be risky at all (see Chapter Eight).

XREF: This parallels the false-scarcity/status-seeking framing from her opening — the safe self-image pursued through conformity trades long-term adaptability for short-term comfort.

Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order a…, loc. 639