Urban living refers to living life removed from the rural and old ways of life that are not tenable or practicable in the urban environment or lifestyle. The urban lifestyle is practiced mostly in the urban centers like the cities and not for instance in the farming or ranching communities in the country side. Urban living requires urban methods of making a living and this makes the urban dwellers opt to live a different lifestyle that despite having some advantages also has a host of disadvantages. These are discussed in this article.