Some people prefer to live in a BIG CITY. Others prefer to live in a small town. Which place would you prefer to live in? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.

I would prefer the big city. While I appreciate the thought of H.D. Thoreau, I demand much of myself and the small town, I’m sad to say, will not support that pursuit.

I want to excel. I want the finest education and the top schools of the Philippines are invariably in the city or in its outskirts. I want to eat well and live well, where I and when I want. The best restaurants and cultural centers are central to the city. I want to social service: the hospitals, the clinics, the police, the utility men, the transportations systems are again in the city.

No, I do not kid myself. I know that I pay a price for wanting these things conveniently. I have to suffer an unhealthy population density in the city because many want the same things I do. I have to pay for the things I expect and as a result, I have to work harder. I want the best so must be no slouch in what I offer back to the system.

Yet I am happy. As I have lived in the city for so long, I know how to keep myself relatively safe in the city. I am not subject to marauding bands of rebels nor need I worry about paying arbitrary ‘revoluntionary taxes’ for what I have toiled for. I am entertained by the latest movies, plays, and the most cutting-edge electronic devices our day has to offer.
Finally, I will have far reaching impact. It is likely I will move from the city to the rest of the world, as will my children, and their children’s children. I am a city person through and through.

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 would prefer to live in a small town for the very reasons small towns are disliked by others: the towns are small, their lifestyles are uncomplicated, the people are easily satisfied.

To start with, small towns have better environments. They will only occupy as much room as needed to accommodate their population and their industries, which are often agricultural. Yet because they are small and surrounded by undeveloped vastnesses, the air quality is better than in cities, the weather is more refreshing, and the environment is rich with trees and fields. The way to Baguio from Manila is lined with such small towns and they are eloquent testimony to the advantages of which I have spoken.

Then there's the lifestyle: small town lifestyles encourage moderation. Townsfolk are not likely to be harried because whatever needs and services they require will already be in that town. Those who know how to appreciate 3 square home-cooked meals a day have nothing else to seek beyond the limits of their town. Many people with long and unstressed lives can be found happily nestled in small towns while their sophisticated counterparts live short and harried lives in Manila.

Finally, town people are contented. a reassuring rhythm in life arises from modest ambition and an agrarian lifestyle. Planting crops and fishing are livelihoods that require you to be in synchronization with their seasons. The sun goes up and the sun comes down in predictable cycles and they cannot be hurried along by frenetic humans. Work had its place in the country, but it has not grown into the pervasive and often toxic religion it has in the city.

Oh yes, I would prefer to live in the countryside.