Urban vs. Rural! Which would you choose?

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What's your pick?  With Houston's suburb areas growing 90% more than the city itself from 2010 to 2013 (according to an article in Houston Agent Magazine by Peter Thomas Ricci) it seems that the majority of home buyers prefer the suburbs.  But this is not really a shock by any means.  With better schools, less crime rates, and more house for the money it seems like a no brainer.  However, there is something to be said about life in the big city.  And to be honest, if I lived the single life, it is where I'd wanna be.  But with a family and the area we live, I can't imagine raising my kiddos anywhere else. 

According to a recent question asked on Debate.com about this exact subject, 43% of people from all over the world asked, said that Urban living was better and 57% preferred rural.  Here's some if their reasons why. 

FOR URBAN

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"It is hard to say whether a particular style of living is better for any single person. But the historic evidence is clear that for the growth and expansion of civilization, urban centers are where ideas are exchanged, where most education and research happens, and where artistic and creative pursuits thrive the most. It is also where more people, proportionally, rise out of poverty compared to rural areas, which is exactly why Chinese gravitate toward their cities and away from the countryside. One has more opportunity..."

"Urban areas differ from rural areas because in urban areas people get to explore and get knowledge of different kinds of things, culture, religions. Whereas in a rural area its less cultivated with other cultures. In urban areas, you meet people form different cultures, hear different music, get to eat different food, example in montreal city recently there was a international day, at parc jean drapeau where many different countries came with their own different vibe, food, music, personality, clothing. It was nice to see it all. Now in a rural area you don't get to see things like that. You are only involved in one culture, school, church, people, all from the same ethnicity most likely."

FOR RURAL

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"Rural is better because in rural you have a lot more privacy and you get more relaxations of the wildlife . And entertainment is free or low cost (hiking etc.) so many more reasons that rural living is better and there are no terrorist attacks in rural area but in urban terrorist attack are likely just like the 9/11 attacks."

"Rural living is peaceful, healthy and allows time for reflection and connection with nature.  It is also much more independent.  In rural areas, entertainment is free or very low-cost (hiking, wildlife photography, paddling), whereas in urban areas everything is overpriced and there is nothing to do unless you have money. On a rural homestead you can produce some of what you need (gardening, harvesting firewood, wildcrafting, producing renewable energy). In urban areas your homestead is a house, land is secondary so you have no corresponding property to produce any portion of what you need or use. Rural living is peaceful, quiet, and inspiring. You have the changing of the seasons, the stars above, the sounds of birds and animals to remind you that life is much bigger and more profound than the societies that we've created. In urban areas, the entire world revolves around humanity and human-created distractions like shopping, competing, etc. The rural world revolves around your environment (necessarily), the urban world revolves around money and humanity."

As you can see this question is sparked all over the world.  And it seems to be dead even on both sides whether you are from Toronto, London, or Houston.  Each city has great things to offer, however so do their rural areas.

Which area do you prefer? Urban or Rural?

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