RURAL AND URBAN LIFE

 

The density of population in either the rural or urban area has an effect on the way people behave and interact with each other. The smaller the population, the easier it is for the people to become very friendly. Rural area where I lived most of my life when I was young has a life that is full of fun with houses that are well spread out and good enough space for gardening. People turn to know each other very well and interact regularly with them. In the rural area, people are being rooted in a particular place and they obviously become long term friends. That is why in the rural area, a lot of emotional connections exist and people bond with their friends and neighbors. There is also a lot of community participation existing in the rural area more than in the urban or suburban area. I am saying all this out of experience because I have lived in the two areas.

In the rural area, when somebody is having a problem, he/she is willing to seek the advice of the neighbor because they are very supportive, direct and emotional. People know almost everybody in the neighborhood. They look out for everybody and behave like a family. When one person is bereaved in the rural area, the whole neighborhood is kind of bereaved because everybody will be mourning with that particular individual.
On the other hand, urban areas are so crowded with a lot of house. People are also found everywhere but everybody kind of mind their business. While on the street as our book did mentioned, people are either on their phones talking or listening to music on their iPods. People are not emotionally connected to each other like in the rural areas. They stay far apart from each other and make friendship only for business purposes. That includes friend ship at the jobsite, schools, church, or at the stores. That is because most of them are mostly visitors who are in the city for a purpose. They don’t belong as is the case in the rural areas simply because they are there because of one reason or the other.
Furthermore, there is a lot of pollution in the urban area due to the availability of so many industries. These industries are crowded in the cities because of their dependency. They kind of depend on each other or on the people around them for their growth or survival.
With the rapid growth of technology in the urban areas, the cities are become over crowded with so many people as well as industries. Sociologist seems to have a lot of concern for this growth is becoming very alarming. I have never lived in a suburban are but I always kind of envy life in that area.