Comparison/Contrast Essay

Living in Small Town or Living in Large City

The environment of residence greatly affects human survival. Each place has its characteristics and qualities that distinguish itself from others. Each person has his or her own opinion and decision where to live based on his or her lifestyle. A country must have small town and large city that both of them have similarity and differences.

Living in small town or large city has two similarities. The first similarity is about daily routines. No matter where a person lives, he/she generally participates in specific routines that revolve around his/her work life. They get up early in the morning and go home in the afternoon or early evening. The second similarity is population. In this era, small town is densely populated, just as big city, because many people who work in big city live in small town. They choose small town because they want better quality of rest and air after many kind of tasks which make very tired.

Living in small town or large city has not only similarities but also differences. Large city has many big building and better infrastructures than small town. Furthermore, in large city there are a lot of museums, cinemas, department stores, hospitals, schools, and so on. The qualities of many buildings in large city is better than small town especially road public transportation. In large city, we can easily get many kind of online transportation or public transportation whereas in small town, private vehicle is more comfortable because there is little difficult to get public transportation in anytime. The next difference is communication among people. In small city, knowing neighbor is a must. Because the population in there is less than big city so they can easy greet and meet their neighbor. If we know our neighbors well, we can get good communication among them.

Finally, for me, living in a small city is better than big city. Although there is no mall or cinema, I can get better and healthy life because there is less of pollution. If I want to go to big city, it is easy because I have private vehicle. So I think it does not matter.

Riski Sanda Aniendita (20131111076)