Suburban Life

[9] Some people prefer to live in a small town. Others prefer to live in a big city. Which place would you prefer to live in? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.

I have always enjoyed suburban life better than city life. Some might argue that the city provides more jobs, better social welfare and medical treatment, richer consumptions and entertainments. Why bother living in a little town, giving up all the pleasures in the city? My opinion is that the town endows us more spiritual joys.

The town life is comparatively slower, leaving us more time for all kinds of outdoor activities. It's not necessary to get up early enough to catch the first bus to your company. otherwise trapped in the traffic jam of rush hour, you might pray that your employer would have not noticed you are late. In the lunch time, you might have to eat fast to follow others' pace. And most of the time you are separated with the nature, shaded by the roof, stifled by the windows around. However in a town, you can slower down a little, since there is no hurry for the job and you may even take a noon nap at home. There are rivers, hills and forests around, where you could take a fresh breath and smell the flower once in a while. You may go fishing or just climb the hills to practice your skills or build yourself up without running dully on a running machine.

In town, neighbors usually have a closer relationship while in city, everyone seems to enclose himself with heavy doors. This is because density of people is much smaller in towns than in cities. Suburban people don't worry about the possible conflicts with their neighbor, especially when they are enjoying the slow life. On the contrary, urban people tend to be estranged with each other, fearing possible intrusion into their comparatively smaller space, which further worsens their daily feelings.

With development of technology, town life is becoming better and better. Online transactions eliminates the needs to go to cities for large scale shoppings. More hospitals are being set up in rural areas. More companies recognize the advantage of town life for their workers, since better sleeps and better mood encourage their workers to finish more jobs. Town life is much more diverse than in the past now and we are confident it will become more fascinating.