In my childhood, I lived in a rural town. It was stressful for me, so I really hoped to leave the town as soon as possible.
However, once I left my hometown when I started working, I gradually found disadvantages to continuing living in urban areas.
Thus, I understand where I should stay depends on my purpose. It is necessary to think about the purpose of living in new places beforehand.
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Living in rural places
I didn’t like staying in rural areas because I was bored in my free time during my school days, even if some of my relatives claimed that they were happy to live in this place or so.
Nonetheless, after I have lived in the urban areas for three years, I found some benefits to staying in rural places.
You can concentrate on what you want to do
Rural areas may be good if you want to do something, such as researching some places as fieldwork and studying a specific topic.
Because of the advancement of Internet-based technologies, people can do a lot of things without living in urban places.
Apart from urban areas, you can access libraries and sit in a café, enabling us to concentrate on your task.
Fewer people in rural areas, so you don’t have to get in touch with your friends and colleagues.
Keep your own pace
You can spend your own life. Most people claim that rural areas are good for relaxing your mind and body.
Surrounded by beautiful scenery, the possibility of stress may be lessened.
Strong bond
If you don’t need a lot of friends, but a few close friends, rural areas are good.
After I went to urban areas, I admired the atmosphere of rural areas and remembered some friends whom I met nearly every day.
Living in urban places
On the other hand, urban places have good points.
Opportunities and stimulants
There are lots of opportunities in urban areas. Searching for new jobs, urban places take strong advantages to get hidden information and brilliant jobs.
Speed up your pace
Especially for youngsters, people in urban areas tend to make fast conversations so that they can think and act on tasks faster.
Thus, in my first year of working, I got good job training, including being scolded by my old bosses nearly every day. Because of this hard period, I got confidence in everything because anyone wasn’t stricter than my old bosses.
Weak bond
Some people may think this is a bad point, however, you could treat it as a good point.
Aside from rural areas, you need not care about other people so much. There are various people in urban areas, so you may find it that they don’t care about me.
After that, you can live your own life.
Conclusion
In recent years, I feel both rural and urban areas have their own benefits.
Sometimes, I felt tired to live in rural places. When I find something I want to concentrate on for at least a few years, I need to change my living place.
