A lot of the traditional Daoist texts talk about retreating to mountain caves and so forth, in order to escape from the social constructs that limit your cultivation.
Most of us don't have this option. What do we do?
Actually, if you read the less popular (and, in my opinion, more useful) texts, you will find quotes such as:
"If you retreat to a mountain cave, you will become known as a famous hermit, and soon your cave will be surrounded by prospective students and hangers-on. If you retreat to a large city, however, you will become invisible."
That's it. You can be a hermit anywhere, but it's easier to do so in a big city where no one knows you, than in suburbia.
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