One of the characteristics of the urban way of life described by Wirth is that it tends to substitute formal, secondary-group control mechanisms for primary group and neighborhood control over the individual.

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Wirth argues that in urban settings, individuals are more likely to be controlled through formal, bureaucratic systems such as laws and regulations, rather than through informal social norms and relationships found in primary groups and neighborhoods.

One of the Characteristics of the Urban Way of Life