There has always been a sharp distinction between urban and rural living‚ with each having its particular advantages and disadvantages. From a personal perspective‚ I am more inclined to live in a small town rather than a big city. To me‚ it boils down to more peace and quiet; a better environment to live in; and family safety. To begin with‚ small towns are usually quiet and relatively calm. The pace of life is relaxed and the low number of cars and people makes for a peaceful setting without
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expanding rural industries have either been neglected or de-emphasized. Generally‚ while governments have tried to provide some social services they have left the provision of economic activities almost entirely to the private sector. Furthermore‚ the pattern of distribution of socio-economic infrastructure exhibits an urban rather than a rural location bias which further helps to increase rural poverty. The absence of these amenities constitute push factors facilitating the migration of rural dwellers
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Rural sociology studies the village and urban sociology deals with the city. The city life de pends on the village and what it produces. Similarly‚ the village is very much influenced by the city. Due to the pressures from within and attractions from outside people are flocking towards the cities from the villages. The economic necessity and social deficiency are ‘pushing’ the people out of the village‚ while the attractions of the city are ‘pulling’ them towards their centres. This has resulted
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Rural vs Urban Living While there are many opportunities available if one lives in the city‚ there are still some benefits to living in a rural area. Some things are available in both areas‚ such as jobs‚ education‚ and community. In an urban setting‚ many kinds of jobs are available for both teenagers and young adults. Young people can find a job at malls‚ recreational parks and fast food restaurants easier in the city than if he/she lived in a rural area. The job opportunities in a rural
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September 2012 Urban versus Rural Living People all over the United States decide on a daily basis on where they want to live. First off people have to understand what defines rural from urban. The United States Census Bureau classifies an urban environment as having a population density of at least one thousand people per square mile. Any area surrounding those census blocks with a population density of five hundred or fewer people per square mile are classified as rural (U.S. Census Bureau)
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healthy lifestyle? Living in different places such as urban or rural areas would be a factor on how they determine their lifestyle. People in the developed countries are more informed about living in a healthy lifestyle which make their life healthier and fitter than the people in the undeveloped countries‚ whereas people in Malaysia who live in an urban area are more aware and concern about living in a healthy way and the people who live in a rural area should be educated and well-informed about their
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DBQ 17: A National Clash of Cultures in the 1920’s With the arrival of the 1920’s‚ new battles fought between traditionalist rural society and modernist urban civilization arose in the postwar United States. These urban-rural culture wars of this time period represent the everlasting conflict between conservatives and liberals. The 1920 census demonstrated to traditionalists that their views were under attack by the modernists who gradually came to outnumber them. Traditionalists were disturbed
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PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ACTIVITIES IN 1920s and 1930s The lifestyle of Canadians changed dramatically from 1920s to 1930s. In the 1920s‚ everybody was living happily until the stock market crash in U.S. which caused the great depression. Canada was greatly affected by the depression. In the 1920s‚ technology and inventions grew rapidly‚ entertainment was booming and sports were becoming very popular while in the 1930s‚ Canadians no longer had money to afford anything and had to live without home‚ food
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sharpening rural-urban tensions in the 1920s America in his essay “Flappers and Philosophers‚ and Farmers: Rural-Urban Tensions of the Twenties” published in 1973. He begins with F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Flappers and Philosophers that represented the “age of wonderful nonsense” and reflected the rapid modernization in the 20s. The essay is an agricultural history piece that primarily focuses on the rural experience‚ reactions‚ and transformations in a period of increasingly sharp and unequal rural-urban contrasts
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near the urban areas causes severe pollution to the surroundings. The largest sources of human-created air pollution are energy generation‚ transportation‚ and industries that use a great deal of energy sources. Depending on their source and interactions with other components of the air‚ they can have different chemical compositions and health impacts. Since these pollutants are generally concentrated in and around urban areas‚ the outdoor urban pollution levels are far higher than in the rural areas
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