Essay: Pros And Cons Of City And Suburbs Living.

Write about the compare and contrast living in city or suburbs. two arguments on living in the city.

Advantages of Living in the City

Living in the city life is comfortable as it is offers a large number of facilities like transportation and communication systems. Residents of city areas can easily get access to schools, airports, police stations, doctors and several other such facilities. Apart from these day to day facilities, there is also a very large scope for proper refreshments. People dwelling in the cities can get a happening light life as well. In the modern metropolitan cities, there are a large number of facilities like cinema halls, pubs, shopping malls, parks and several other such places. These facilities are absent in the suburbs. There is not much scope for refreshments .Apart from this; the opportunities for education and employment are also higher in the cities than in the suburbs. Schools, colleges and offices are mainly located in the heart of the country that is the posh busy city areas. However, there are also some disadvantages as well (Goffman 2015). Due to the large scale urbanization, the city areas are becoming much populated. It is becoming too crowded and often the buildings that the people are residing in are small, compact and suffocating. There is also lack of open spaces for children to play or for the elderly people to go for a walk amidst fresh air. The cities are also becoming a victim to compartmentalized lifestyles and pollution. It is becoming a problem to afford such a large number of people in the cities. People living in the cities mostly own cars and such a huge number of cars running within the city emit a huge amount of smoke that causes pollution. The property tax is also high in the city regions. The more expensive area of the city the more is the tax. In order to avoid these many people also prefer living in the suburbs (Jacobs 2016).

Living in the suburban is good as it provides a relief from the huge din and bustle of the city. The rate of pollution is also comparatively lower (Ma et al 2015). The property tax is also comparatively lower. People can lead a noise free peaceful life while enjoying the fresh, lush green nature. However there still remains the lack of proper schooling and job facilities. People hence move out from suburbs to the cities for better educational and job facilities. Transportation, timely medical facilities, banking facilities also remains a major problem (Thomas et al 2015). Most of the well known hospitals, health clinic and banks are located in the cities.

There can often be several emergency when people are in need of immediate medical or financial help. So, in such cases it really becomes a huge problem to travel from the suburban to the city areas for getting the needed facilities. This is because usually the suburban areas do not have well developed hospitals or banking facilities and the transportation is also a major problem there. However in cities, getting the right facility at the right time is never a problem. There are also a large number of ATMs opened up all across the cities that enable people to get money as and when they need. The suburban however are still developing in these fronts and will need some more time to get an all round development. Hence, people need to analyse both the pros and cons of the city life and suburban life and then select the locations for their houses.

References

Goffman, A., 2015. On the run: Fugitive life in an American city. Picador.

Jacobs, J., 2016. The death and life of great American cities. Vintage.

Ma, J., Liu, Z. and Chai, Y., 2015. The impact of urban form on CO 2 emission from work and non-work trips: the case of Beijing, China. Habitat International, 47, pp.1-10.

Thomas, E., Serwicka, I. and Swinney, P., 2015. Urban demographics. Where People Live and Work, Centre for Cities.