October 11, 2011
Urban Resources and Sustainability
Living in the City
I
have lived my whole life in the city. Being a part of the city has allowed me
to learn many things that I could not learn about in a rural neighborhood or a
suburban neighborhood. In the city you live amongst not only neighbor’s close
by but near local business and stores as well. You can walk to school, bike or
bus to school and play at the neighborhood park. I value that in the city you
are forced to connect and communicate with the people around you, because they
are all around you.
In
the city there are many aspects that I appreciate from it. One of them is the
culture diversity. Depending on where you live diversity can be greater or
smaller then the next city but overall I feel that the city has more diversity
then the outskirts in general mainly because of the greater amount of people. I
feel that having a wider variety of people is a great part of a city because
then we learn more. Each person’s history and background adds something unique
and the city can prosper due to those historical traditions. There may be a
tradition in the, for example Russian community, that may be a helpful
ecological answer to a problem the city could have been struggling on but we
learned something from a person with that tradition that is able to teach us
the way. This can go any way or any culture so that’s why diversity in the city
is a good thing.
Another
aspect the city brings is change. Like I mentioned in the last paragraph there
are lots of people in the city and people change all the time so that makes the
city change as well. Even though we generally do not like change because it
takes us into the unknown, which scares us, change for the better is a good
thing. In the example I gave about the traditional solution in another culture
for an ecological problem which that would be a change we would make. I feel
that the city is more open to changing things because they do things to improve
the city for the people to allow it to be more economical, safe and now in
these days striving for sustainability. The city is more willing to bring change
into the city because also it is usually more prosperous.
The
city being a place of prosperity is also an aspect I see. As we learned from
watching about the different mega cities around the world a common reason for
seeing people migrate into the city was for the economical growth. The city is
more likely to have success in a business because there are more people.
Restaurants will have more customers to feed, corporate offices would have more
workers and stores would have more interested customers with their product.
The
city also has good educational system. In a city there are many elementary
schools, middle schools and high schools and although neighboring schools are
usual what is selected for you, you can usually pick one that works for you. Not
only do cities have a selection of primary schooling but for secondary
schooling as well. Within a city of a fairly decent size there are usually
quite a bit of secondary schools to chose from as well. I know that I was happy
with my choice of school that was only a few miles from my house. That helps to
save money to allow you to stay hear your home and also be close to your
family.
So
what does it mean for me to live in the city? I live in the city because I like
to be near others. I feel comfort to have the safety of the firemen, policemen
and hospitals in close proximity in case of an emergency. I like the stability
that the city gives with its prosperity and politics. Although rural and
suburban have its pros and cons, the city, at least for right now, is that
place for me.
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