Question

In the past , most people lived in small villages where everyone knew everyone else . Nowadays most people live in large cities where they only know a few people in their area
What do you think were the advantages and disadvantages of living in a smail community?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.

Answer 1

Nowadays most people prefer living in the large cities to living in a small community because of the benefits large cities has brought to their lives. So how about living in a small community? What were advantages and disadvantages to be a part of a small community in the past.
I believe there were 3 main benefits. First;y, as living in a region, people living in that area surely knew their neighborhood well, so they easily interacted with everyone when they faced a problem or needed something. Besides, having people stay by side by side each other and helped them out when facing difficulties, which made me would rather choose small community’s life than a larger one. Secondly, the limited population made them unwilling to do crime. This meant the crime rate remained very low because it would be detected soon if you were involved in stealing or any relative activities. Finally, the manage of government was much more effective and forceful than the big cites’s lives. Owning to small population, the government were in charge easily.
I think many of the disadvantages were education. It could be denied that the development of education is supported by the population in one area. That is why it was rarely found a high quality education facilities in a small community. However, in my view, lacking of information was also as serious as lacking of education. Because it’s hard to get information from outside their region, people living in a small community was usually considered as a fogy people. Therefore, we can’t deny the importance of receiving information and knowing what happens around the world.
In my opinion, living in small community is perfect or middle-age people and the old. However, for the young, they might choose to live in a large city. in fact, living in a small community is not really bad because we can form a strong relationship and you’ll never ever alone.