Living In Sparta Vs Athens

If I were alive during Ancient Greece, I would choose to live in Sparta instead of Athens. To start with, in Sparta, women had more rights than in Athens. For example, in Sparta, women had the same simple life as me, but they could speak with men outside on their own, own property, and even marry again if their first husband had been gone for a very long time. Meanwhile, in Athens, all women did was take care of the household, they couldn’t even go outside by themselves! Second, the education in Sparta is better. For instance, in Athens the purpose of education was to be a good citizen and since only boys were to be citizens, girls did not go to school. However, in Sparta the purpose to educate was to protect Sparta. They did not care what
gender a child was, all children were taught to fight. Some people say that it would be better to live in Athens over Sparta. Athens supporters say that Sparta is too violent and the Athens government is better. However, Sparta is not violent, the people of Sparta only conquer lands because they do not have enough land to sustain their population. In addition, although Sparta was an oligarchy and Athens was a democracy, only Athens citizens could vote which wasn’t all people of the city-state. Meanwhile, in Sparta there was a Council of Elders who decided laws and we all know that the old are the wisest because they have lived the longest and had the most experiences. The city-state of Sparta was like an arm: strong, simple, could fights others, and was to the side of the body since Sparta was not located on the mainland of Greece. As you can see, I would choose to live in Sparta during the time of Ancient Greece because everyone was educated, women had more rights, and although some say Athens was better, Sparta was better as a whole.