Some people think that cities are the best places to live. Others prefer to live in a rural area. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of living in the city to living in the countryside

Nowadays a certain section of people believes that residing in the urban area is better, whilst others would rather live in the

countryside

. In

this

context, I will describe the pros and cons of living in the

city

and summarise my opinion. First of foremost, taking the benefits into consideration of residing in the

city

, it offers convenience to the resident as everyone in the modern day spends a busy life. In Sri Lanka, the commercial area is situated in the

city

, where it is easier for the public to commute from their residence to the workplace.

Moreover

, access to shopping malls, international food chain outlets, movie theatres and other government authorities, whilst the benefit of living in the

countryside

offers calm and relaxation to your mind and soul as it is less crowded as the occupant does not spend a busy life ,unlike the living in the

city

.

For example

, in Sri Lanka shopping malls are located in the urban area, as many residents

such

as youngsters, and families spend their weekends or weekdays after work at the mall

thus

they hover around, and everything is available under one roof.

Besides

the benefits, there are drawbacks to living in the

city

as well. To elaborate more, one of the predominant rationales is traffic congestion where there is air and sound pollution, in comparison to the

countryside

. To illustrate

further

on

this

in Sri Lanka approximately 80% of traffic congestion in the

city

than in the

countryside

. In conclusion, in my point of ,view everyone in

this

day and age has a busy life ,

therefore

, they choose convenient to live in the

city

rather than residing in the

countryside

, regardless of the environmental pollution, as the core advantage is convenience.