Eng. 1
Country Living vs. City Living
There are many advantages and disadvantages of choosing to live in the country or to live in a city; such as social setting; air quality; employment; and entertainment. The advantages of living in a city outweigh the advantages of living in the country. When living in the country there are fewer people to interact with compared to city living. Your closest neighbor may be a mile or more away and there are not as many people to meet and converse with. Often in the country everybody knows everybody, there are no new people to meet because a lot of the families have lived in the area for generations. In the country, there is less cultural diversity compared to city living. In a city there are more people than one could possibly ever know. There are many new people to meet and get to know if you choose to do so. Some people may prefer to keep to themselves and others like to be around a lot of people. Personally, I love to be around people of all walks of life. I love meeting new people, finding out where they are from, where they work and their interests. A city is literally a “melting pot” of different cultures. Many people, when moving to a new area, migrate toward a metropolis instead of the country. When foreigners immigrate to the United States, for example, they flock to the city not the country. When people move to a new area, they want to be around people who are like-minded and similar to them. We find examples of this in most major cities, such as: Chinatowns; San Francisco’s Russian Hill; New York’s Spanish Harlem, etc. If a solitary life is what you desire then country living would be ideal; whereas city living would be ideal for meeting new people and/or people-watching. When it comes to employment in the country there is less of a variety of jobs compared to a city. The jobs in the country mostly involve farming and agriculture, this includes: farmers; ranchers; equipment