Some specialists believe that lifestyle is a distinguished feature of villages and towns. According to them, close contact with other members of the community is a distinctive feature of rural life. The inhabitants of village, for example, usually know each other personally. In urban areas, on other hand, relationships tend to be impersonal, urban areas are so highly populated that most people do not even know who their neighbors are. This is the case in large urban centers like Karachi. However, even in places like Karachi, there are pockets in city where people who belong to the same community or village live. In such area, people know each other and have closer contact with their neighbors. In small towns, which are in reality overgrown villages, most people know one another as well. It is also argued that while village life is traditional, urban life is rational. This is not entirely the case in Pakistan.
Most of the urban population in Pakistan has a strong rural background. Although the use of urban facilities changes their way of living, it does not change their way of thinking much. In Pakistan, the lifestyles of the rich and poor differ far more than the lifestyles of city and villages dwellers. The objective application of lifestyle as a factor for distinguishing between villages and towns is therefore difficult.