I am nuetral against this statement. Maybe because I have no preference for either of them. Each living have a different aspect of life. Thus, I am nuetral.
Let me first stand my point that countryside life is no better than city life.
Let me state why.
1)Lack of technology
Can u imagine a world without internet? I guess many would dread this kind of life. However, in villages, this type of life actually exist. Internet had become the dominant part of lifes. For example, in a future school like Hwa Chong Institution, we need to check the Summary Message Board everyday to check messages everyday. Without it, we would not be informed of important messages or events. Let me narrate a situation. In the event of a recent flu outbreak, there would be no news reaching the people living in the village. Thus, the disease might spread to them.
2)Lack of communication
In a city, there are lots of communications like the internet, newspaper and the most basic of all, phones. However, the country does not have that. It would be very difficult to contact a person that have lost and thus, leads to a bad point about city lives.
3)Lack of resources
Now, we get to eat food conveniently by going to a hawker centre of a restaurant. Could you imagine if we have to wake up very early to hunt for animals and even eat them raw. This is caused by a lack of resources. It can result in malnutrition or maybe food poisoning as the citizens may not be used to eating food raw. Medical care is also inadequate and thus result in a low life expectancy.
Next, let me stand why city life is also not better than country life.
Let me state why.
1)Lack of human relationships
In the city, people are rushing to work or for anything. The tempo of life is high. Thus, people may not have the chance to pause for a while and talk to each other. However, it is a different case for the country. People usually have a slower tempo of life and thus, able to stop and talk to each other. This strengthen the relationships and one doesn't need to worry about nobody to offer help when they are in trouble. People in city had also become boastful and had become more self-centered, unlike the villagers who are more selfless and still are kind and helpful.
2)Tempo of life
Have you ever wondered what is the meaning of life? For me, life is about unwinding after a term of hard work. However, in modern days like now, have you ever think of whether you would have the time to rest and ponder about life's really small details? I guess most people would say no. This is no good news. Let me cite a scenerio. A man is a doctor. He earns lots of money everyday but he still have a lot of them after years and years. Finally, it came to a day when he died and the money had come into no use. Isn't that pathetic? People had the wrong mindset about money being the first priority when the actual fact that the first priority should be happiness. In the village, this point is vivid, no question. However, in a city, this life theory began to fade away.
Even though I am neutral towards this statement, I still would choose to live in the city rather than in the country if i have a choice to change because of the need to adapt.
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Well , i do agree with you somehow to a large extent.
I totally agree with you that, in such a ramshackle city , it somehow lack warmth , affectionate. Additionally , you do will experience stress and tired living in the city due to fast tempo. Also, you might not feel happy because no one is there to talk to you , play with you , basically because they may have work or study.
However , i disagree with you where you mentioned that there will be lack of resources in village life. I do live in country life before because my parents did before when they were a child. It is not where yopu have to wake up early to hunt for animals. Actually , they are shops there . The difference betweent the city life and country life is the tempo of life. City life's tempo is much fast than country life .
Yes , i do agree that country may lack medical care.
However , if i would to choose , i would rather live in country life because i will not be too stressed up and also , i feel much happier living there.
I see a lot of grammatical errors in your post. So I've numbered them and typed them below. For those with an "*", it means it is a comment, not a grammatical error.
1. Lack of communication.
a) It is "countryside", not "country" (line 3). You said "leads to a bad point about city lives", but do you mean bad point about countryside life?
3. Lack of resources
a) You said "we get to eat food in a nick of time", but you used the wrong phrase. "in the nick of time" means at the last moment. But are you sure we eat food at the last moment? I think "conveniently" would be a better phrase.
b) You said "Could u imagine if...". You see the error?
*c) You mentioned that people living in the countryside have lack of resources, and eat food raw, resulting malnutrition and food poisoning. Firstly, it is not lack of resources, but rather lack of medical care and good sanitation. Next, those people are not so stupid. They can set up a fire and cook their food! And eating food raw WON'T result in malnutrition. Am I right?
1. Lack of human relationships
a) What do you mean by "that piece of innocence"? The structure and usage of vocabulary is wrong.
2. Tempo of life
a) "Have u ever wondered..." (line 1) and "have u ever think of whether..." (line 3) See the mistake?
b) What do you mean by "he still have a lot of them life after years and years"?
*c) The last point can be a good point if well-argued. But your sentence structure is bad, which weakens the point by a lot.
Overall: Till now, I see a lot of mistakes here and there, and a lot of structural errors. This will hinder a reader's train of thoughts as he/she has to stop frequently to digest your sentences. So please work on this. This post is not well-argued, and I would say that it is a weak attempt to transfer your train of thoughts to the reader, though it is long. Your very last point on why you choose to be a city rat is not well-argued, as it is too brief. It would be good if you can improve on that.
This is to Sheng Yao's comment.
1) Please do not use "ramshackle". "ramshackle" means badly organised, which is not applicable to the context.
2) You do have some grammatical errors.
Ya, i agree with Yong Rui. But I think you should have a firm answer. And not staying neutral towards this topic.
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by mitch!!!
hope you understand what i mean.....
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anyway, its a good post
I agree with you and I am also neutral about this. You organised everything quite well. You stated and explained your reasons very clearly and I also would choose to live in a city even though I am neutral.
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