City life or Country life

In my essay I want to explain the advantages and the disadvantages of city life and country life, because it’s a widely discussed topic. In the end I’m going to add my own attitude.

First I’d like to start with the positive aspects of city life.
In a city you have many possibilities to pass your free time. City life is very exciting, multicultural and never boring.
Secondly you are more flexible due the fact that there is better public transport. For example there are more buses, trains, trams and subways.
Finally in a city you have more chances to fix of an interesting and well-paid job than in the country, because usually in a city there are more and bigger companies and thus it is easier to have a good career and to get ahead.
However, there are also negative aspects of city life.
For a start city life is very hasty, noisy and expensive. The traffic noise is a big problem.
Next in a city the air is very bad, because of pollution and exhaust fumes of cars. So the people have to go to a park to enjoy nature but there is no peace and quiet, because there are thousands of people there too. Furthermore it’s not easy to do sport and most people prefer to do sports outside, in nature.

In contrast country life has positive aspects.
First of all there is beautiful nature and therefore good air and less pollution. Besides there is wonderful landcapes and a calm atmosphere and you can enjoy the silence. Thus you have a more healthy life and generally less stress.
At last in the country there are more possibilities to do sport in nature.
Nevertheless there are negative aspects of country life too.
Public transport for example is very badly organized. Trains air less frequent and it takes a lot of time to get anywhere, because of the large distances. So many people drive to work by car and that’s also very expensive.
Another problem, which concerns mostly young people, is that in the country there is no entertainment and fewer possibilities and activities or you have to go a long way and need a car. So life in the country is mostly very boring.

To conclude neither life in the city nor life in the country has only positive aspects.
I, for my part, think that the best way of life is if you have both city and country life. Surely you say:”It’s impossible.” But I can prove that it is possible: You live at edge of a city and a subway station is very close, so you can get to the centre of the city very quickly. But around you there is only nature, peaceful atmosphere and so on. So you live in the country however the city and advantages are very close.

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