Compare and Contrast Small Town Life to a City Living

Compare and Contrast Small Town Life to a City Living.


I had been blessed with growing up in a small town until the age of just fourteen. When I was that age my life changed completely. I went from the village of Debica, were I grew up, went to school to the big city of Chicago. Everything was new and big for me. By comparing and contrasting these to “worlds” we can see how different they are and why life in a small town was better to me. In my memories, small towns are full of joy, passion and color.
I was fortunate and a happy kid when my parents and grandmother lived together. We lived in a small village where everybody knew each other -- people were nice and friendly. Growing up in a nice house with a yard as big as a two city blocks was not easy. It was a lot of work and responsibility. Every year we hand picked currants, what was my favorite, yet time consuming job. Our whole family and friends would gather every morning until night to help out. We ...