...that was the only life I knew and thought it was the best. Adulthood brings into focus maturity. I moved into the city, and came to the realization that I had to adjust to a different way of living, another transition of my life. I was very overwhelmed by hustle and all the excitement of the life that surrounded me. For this reason rural life and city life can be compared and contrasted in regards to cost, standard of living, accessibility and entertainment. Living in a rural environment gives one the sense of a community. Everyone becomes your family sharing concerns for each other, Neighbors can look out for each other and care for your property, less concerns among people for each other exist when living in the city, but as a result of busy schedules and time constraint it is understandable. The most noticeable difference between city life and rural life is cost. Living in the city is very expensive due to a higher demand of goods and services due to demographics in population. The basic necessities of life for example housing (rent or own) food consumption, utility bills, and to maintain that social standard can be overbearing, but there are better educational opportunities and wider range of professional government jobs and higher pay. Living in a rural area, the standard of living is inexpensive, there is a smaller population growth and the demand for goods and services is on a much smaller scale. In contrasting rural and city life, accessibility to services...
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...Life in a city has a number of advantages. People are drifting from villages to cities as city life offers many facilities. In summer, we have electricity and water coolers at our disposal. We have ice and cold drinks in a large variety. In winter we have electric heaters to make us warm. There are schools and colleges of all types-arts, science, technical-where we can send our children and get them educated. There are theatres and cinemas for our recreation. There are gardens and parks for roaming in our leisure hours. There are doctors, nurses and hospitals. In case of need, we can contact medical practitioners on the phone. All medicines are easily available. There are offices, business houses, mills and factories. One can easily find a job. There is enough work for the skilled and unskilled labourers. There are rickshaws, tongas, taxis and buses. We can easily move from one part of the city to another. We get fresh fruit and vegetables all round the year. There are cloth markets and tailors. We can have readymade clothes or get them prepared to order in no time. There are lectures and debates. There are libraries and reading rooms. Newspaper boys hawk newspapers from morning till evening. We get the latest news. The radio broadcasts music, news and latest information on all topics at all hours of the day. City life has some drawbacks. There are many evils and temptations which are demoralizing our young men. City life has effiminated us. People are selfish and...
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...,, City life is better than country life. “ It is rather difficult to choose the better one between the city and the country. Both places equally have advantages and disadvantages. Anyway the decision is ultimately based on our preferences of lifestyle. So we must carefully examine all the aspects of both lifestyles to assure we make the best choice for us. City life has a lot of advantages offering opportunities to people to progress in their lives. Actually the city life is more comfortable. There are a lot of facilities for people in the city and they have more opportunities for making money. There are large shop complexions, banks, offices, hostels, clubs, hospitals etc. in and around the city. People in the city have better transport facilities than the village. There is electricity, highway, communication, telecommunication, plumb facilities in the city. Although living in the city has many advantages there are some disadvantages too. The cost of living is very high in the city. Most goods are very expensive. The environment is polluted with dust, smoke, garbage and dioxide gases from factories. The city is always busy and noisy. There are also so many advantages in the country life. Mainly the people of the country live in unity and peace. They have more friends in the community since it is small. The country people always try to protect their traditional habits and culture. The country has less noise, rush and pollution. . In the country,...
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...A lot of people decide to move to the countryside nowadays. However, there are still many people who prefer staying in the city and say that they couldn't live anywhere else. So which place is better to live? Let's analyse both of them. Living in a big city has a lot of advantages. First, there are many things to do in your free time: there are a lot of theatres, concerts. Second, there are shopping centres where you can buy anything you need. Third, there are a lot of working opportunities in a city: many big international companies have their offices or factories in the cities, so it is much easier to find a job in a big city. Forth, the public transport is adequate to go to work or study everyday, which makes life easier. On the other hand, there are some disadvantages of living in a big city. First, cities are very crowded. The traffic may be heavy and city's car parks are always full. Sometimes it may take hours to get from a given place to another! Second, the lack of safety: the crime rates in cities tend to be always higher. Third, people in big cities are always in a hurry and live a stressful life that may lead to many illnesses. And last, cities are always more polluted than the countryside. Life in the countryside, nevertheless, is more peaceful. Life is slower and less stressful. There are no hurries and the traffic conditions are better. A lot of places can be reached on foot. Besides, there are a lot of breathtaking landscapes, forests, lakes and...
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...Sometime you may be think, the city life is better than village life. However there are so many advantages and disadvantages in city life and village life. Actually the city life is more comfortable. As well as there are more opportunities for people to progress in their lives. There are a lot of facilities for people in the city and they have more opportunities for making money. Children living in the city can get a good education, because there are better school in the town than in the village. When a person falls ill there are good government and private hospital in the city to get treatment. There are large shop complexions, banks, offices, cinemas, hostels, clubs, hospitals etc. in and around the city. People in the city have better transport facilities than the village. There is electricity, highway, communication, telecommunication, plumb facilities in the city. So people can lead a comfortable and enjoyable fife in the city. Although living in the city has many advantages there are some disadvantages too. The cost of living is very high in the city. Most goods are very expensive. There is no fresh air and pure water. The environment is polluted with dust, smoke, garbage and dioxide gases from factories. Most of the people who live in the city are corrupted. So there are lots of crimes in the city. Many thefts and murders often take place in the city. The city is always busy and noisy. There are a lot of vehicles and people in the road. The streets are dusty and unclean...
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...A taste of the big city life An article about advantages and disadvantages in the big city. Development and speed. These are the two words that best describes the big city life for me. Development, because you are in a constant move in your life in every second. You meet new people every day. You learn and you fail. The pressure, can you handle it? It is all about pressure and the speed, the last word, speed. I could say it over and over again. I love it. I love the speed in the daily life, and how quick it all goes. Cars are everywhere. Big, small, blue, green, red, brown, yellow, and you name it. And not to mention the people. There are people all over the place, in every direction and in every corner. There are all kinds of people, and none of them look the same. Different styles and different ways to life their life’s. Of course if you take a look at the Wall Street, the only think you will see is black-suited men with no other interests than their money and how to can be more successful. You have probably already guessed that the article is about “The Big Apple”, which also is known as New York City. Living in New York City has all the stuff dreams are made of, millions of residents and tourist, an extensive public transportation system and all kinds of diverse culture in a tight area. Once I missed my train at the metro. I thought that I would have to wait for a new train for approximately 20-30 minutes, but within a blink of an eye a new one were already there...
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...City Life in the 1800s When immigrants from Europe and Asia traveled to the United States of America, several obstacles were faced, and calling the journey difficult is an obvious understatement. Most immigrants did not have a place to live in, and barely anyone could afford an apartment house. Therefore, as a solution, immigrants lived in tenements, a small room where between seven and nine people lived. However, the tenements were extremely unhygienic which led to diseases and the room being littered with garbage. Additionally, during a cholera epidemic outbreak, numerous individuals in New York City were killed, several of them being tenement residents. Eventually, in 1863, riots broke out protesting the inhumane conditions of the tenements....
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...The Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, is thought to be the world's fastest growing city. It already has a population of 15m, and an extra 400,000 people move there every year. This is the city where people from various places from Bangladesh come to make their career, fulfill their desire, and make their dreams come true .For this reason the members of Dhaka society are facing several challenges and the life style of all peoples of Dhaka city become very hard and challenging. The intent of the proposed study is to learn about life style of Dhaka city and what types of problems are facing the members of Dhaka city. The area of proposed study is confined in education ,climate , water management , culture ,sports ,transport ,media and communications ,accommodation ,eating Out. The objective of the proposed study is to understand the basic things of Dhaka city's life. Our research involves the review of annual reports of many NGOs , organization , media social organization etc. We choose annual reports rather than sustainability reports for a number of reasons. By contrast, annual reports are mandatory. Second, when we searched for the sustainability reports of the selected social organization , we did not find the sustainability reports for all of our selected NGOs , organization,. A number did not produce such reports. So to ensure conformity, we have used the annual reports...
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...Daily Life in the Cities of Vesuvius Gambling and Prostitution ; Gambling was a popular activity to pass the time of the people living in the cities of Vesuvius. Mosaics, paintings and graffiti provide evidence of It didn’t only take place in taverns and bars, but in other places too such as baths. The Inn of Salvius has a series of wall paintings showing customers gambling, quarrelling and then being thrown out. Names of two women gamblers are recorded on the wall in a tavern on the Via Stabania, along with the date and amount of debt and the rate of interest they were being charged. People gambled on the consequence of gladiator combats and cockfights. The large number of dice found in Pompeii is evidence that many people participated in the act of gambling as a way to pass time. http://www.slideshare.net/LeahFarr/2c5i-everyday-life-leisure-activities?related=1 In an inscription in one tavern a gambler praised his winnings and his honesty ; other inscriptions listed the names of gamblers in arrears and the amounts they owed, with interest. – The Lost World Of Pompeii Prostitution ; Sources: * House of Menander:...
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...City Life for Immigrants 1900-1950 City Life for Immigrants 1900-1950 Aditya Thapliyal GGSIP University Abstract Since the turn of the 20th century and over the next few decades, over 15 Million immigrants landed at United States. This number was as much as the total immigrants which arrived in 40 years prior to that. Most of the immigrants were coming from different countries compared to the immigrants from past few years and most of the new immigrants came from Non-English speaking countries like Russia, Poland and Italy which had different culture from United States. Due to these differences of languages and culture immigrants found it difficult in adjust to the Lifestyle. Cities went on to be overcrowded by immigrants as most of them were looking for jobs and it was easier to find work in cities where natives were unwilling to take up jobs which they found unfit for themselves. With the passage of time immigrants were able to improve their condition as authorities also started to place new immigrants within populous cities. According to reports by 1910, 75% of the population of New York City were either first generation immigrants or descendants of immigrants. Due to limited income most of the immigrants started to settle in affordable apartments and mass tenement where living conditions were quite uncomfortable. Rooms were as small as 10 feet had no windows and people living had to harbour inconvenient living conditions which were defiled, soggy and had dreadful...
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...City Life for Immigrants 1900-1950 Aditya Thapliyal GGSIP University Abstract Since the turn of the 20th century and over the next few decades, over 15 Million immigrants landed at United States. This number was as much as the total immigrants which arrived in 40 years prior to that. Most of the immigrants were coming from different countries compared to the immigrants from past few years and most of the new immigrants came from Non-English speaking countries like Russia, Poland and Italy which had different culture from United States. Due to these differences of languages and culture immigrants found it difficult in adjust to the Lifestyle. Cities went on to be overcrowded by immigrants as most of them were looking for jobs and it was easier to find work in cities where natives were unwilling to take up jobs which they found unfit for themselves. With the passage of time immigrants were able to improve their condition as authorities also started to place new immigrants within populous cities. According to reports by 1910, 75% of the population of New York City were either first generation immigrants or descendants of immigrants. Due to limited income most of the immigrants started to settle in affordable apartments and mass tenement where living conditions were quite uncomfortable. Rooms were as small as 10 feet had no windows and people living had to harbour inconvenient living conditions which were defiled, soggy and had dreadful odour. This experience had a lasting...
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...“’I hope you care to be recalled to life?” And the old answer: “I can’t say” (Dickens, 37). Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities has many recurring themes. One of them is the phrase “recalled to life”. Several people throughout the book each had a unique opportunity to start their life over; to be recalled to life. One person in particular, Dr. Manette, had been unjustly imprisoned for 18 years. After his release, he had the opportunity to start his life over. He does this in several ways. One, he was able to recover from his insanity and two, he was able to gain his respect in the community. In A Tale of Two Cities, Dr. Manette is recalled to life in the way he regained his sanity and respect. Dr. Manette had previously been a prominent physician with a beautiful wife and daughter. But suddenly, he found himself a prisoner in the Bastille. During the 18 years Dr. Manette had been imprisoned, he desperately tried not to lose his mind by learning the skill of shoemaking. Despite his efforts, however, he eventually was overcome by insanity. The only thing he knew about...
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...In The Death and Life of Great American Cities Jane Jacobs is concerned with the problems of city planning and the strategy that planners followed in the year of 1961. Jacobs provides a good analysis of what contributes to the success of neighborhoods by looking at city streets and sidewalks, parks and neighborhoods. She explained that the street is the essential public space of a city providing safety and also allows for a healthy level of informal human contact, balancing between the need for privacy and the need for community. A high ratio of adults and enough sidewalk space allows children to play freely, relieves some of the burdens and costs of parenting. Small parks can benefit an already vibrant neighborhood, but they must fit their context. Out of place or excessively large parks interrupt street life and denigrate its safety. Underused parks can be redeemed by specializing in a certain service or activity. It is most effective, politically and socially, to consider cities in three senses: as whole cities, as neighborhoods, and as districts, each with different needs and strategies. Jacobs argued that urban renewal did not respect the needs of most city-dwellers. Jacobs is well known for organizing grassroots efforts to protect existing neighborhoods from, "slum clearance," and particularly for her opposition to Robert Moses in his plans to overhaul her neighborhood of Greenwich Village. She is responsible for the eventual cancellation of the Lower Manhattan Expressway...
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...In a city full of prospective strangers, consistently active streets and sidewalks create a safer urban environment and a more comfortable as well as secure neighborhood. As said by Jane Jacobs “there must be eyes upon the street”(Jacobs 35). In her book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”, Jacobs dives deeper into the concept of eyes upon the street as she describes those eyes as “natural proprietors”(35), speaking of their importance in relation to the sidewalk and the safety of an urban community. In the text Jacobs points out how cities are reflections of their streets and sidewalk, thus “if a city’s streets are safe from barbarism and fear, the city is thereby tolerably safe from barbarism and fear.”(30). Ever since we are...
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...quality of life in a number of different cities. Urbanization is not an instant process, it takes place over many years as a population slowly grows, or movement from rural settlements to urban cities and towns occurs more often. Urbanization is defined as “an increase in a countries proportion of population that lives in towns and cities”. Urbanization can be a very slow process for some areas, such as LEDC’s, however countries that are more developed anyway can go through the process a lot faster as they have resources such as money to fund projects leading to an urban area being built. An example of a city that has very varied quality of life is Mumbai in India. Mumbai is a megacity that has a thriving economic scene, being home to some of the world’s most expensive property, to Bollywood and many large business centers. In contrast however within Mumbai lies a square mile area which is home to over 1 million people, living in illegal shacks, on waste land. This area, Dharavi, has terrible conditions. People have to go to the toilet in the street, which provides extremely unsanitary consitions, especially for the children that play in the same streets, as doctors deal with around 4000 cases of diphtheria and typhoid each day. The clean water is rationed, for 2 hours per day at 5.30am. This is not a pleasant place, yet there is more and more people moving here due to the pull of the general city, as there are few jobs in rural areas, and more to offer in the cities, however...
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