I was born and bred in the hussle and bussle of the "large city", Colombo. Therefore for me life in the village or a small town sounds scary and boring. I think many people will agree, that living in a big city is better than living in a small town. Our main cities are flooded annually with people from small towns, hoping to find employment opportunities and a easier, happier lifestyle.

Living in a large city has many advantages, the first is of course conviniance. Unlike a small town or village a city has highly developed infrastructure facilities, shops, government offices, schools, hospitals etc; A city is a planned metropolis with every single facility present. If one lives in the city its much easier and faster to get about and do your day to day activities.

Apart from conviniance, a large city has more opportunities and choices. Whether it be employment, transport or even a departement store or fresh produce shop. We have a variety of opportunities to choose from. This is limited in a small town. One must be content with what one has. When people living in small towns don't have a choice to choose from they must travel to the large cities.

Living in a large city means that you are part of a large community. City dwellers come from various social and cultural backgrounds. I believe this social interaction brings about a hightened level of awarness about issues in our society. People living in a large city interact with people from all kinds of casts and creeds. This makes it easier for city dwellers to understand different perceptions and experience new feelings. In a village or small town, however people don't have a variety of perceptions or experiences. In a way they are unable to explore or know about different issues, ideas, etc.;

A large city attracts all kinds of people, enterprises and technology, thereby it creates new opportunities & experiences. For an example a mobile network company will decide to establish its head quaters in a large city rather than a small town because it has all the necessary infrastructure facilities as well as the necessary resources. City dwellers get an opportunity to experience the fruits of this new network before the people living in towns & villagers. A city always has opportunities, there is always something more that one can do in a city.

Time is a resource which one cannot think of wasting. In a city, people try to optimise the use of time, hence the hussle & bussle. By optimising time, a city dweller can be more productive than his counter part from the town. For an example a person living in a town might have to waste a whole day in order to get a simple thing as a passport or identification card. In a city, it need not be so. One can simply go to the particular office, because it is located in the city, and get one's passport renewed or get a new identification card, all in the matter of a few hours. One can also cut back on the time wasted to travel to the city if one lives in or around it. Since most office premises are situated in a large city the transport becomes an issue.

Therefore life in a city is much more conviniant, productive, entertaining than living in a small town or village.
