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 small community?

In the past, people had a tendency to live in small villages

instead

of in big cities because everyone knew everyone else. The essay will show the advantages, followed by disadvantages of living in a small

village

. People could benefit from living in a small

village

.

To begin

with, people had a pleasant and

unhurried pace

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an unhurried pace

of life. People living in a big city

was

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were

had been

often short of time because they had to work hard to make ends meet and achieve various goals of their

lives

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lives, such

such

as getting a promotion, getting a salary increase, buying luxury homes with full facilities,

traveling

the act of going from one place to another

travelling

and so on.

On the other hand

, people living in a small

village

worked to meet their basic needs only

such

as food, shelter, clothing and so on.

As a result

, their way of life was more relaxed. Take

for

example people

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example, people

in my country who lived in small villages in the past. They often started their day early in the morning.

Then

, they had a leisurely breakfast before they began to work. In the evenings or at weekends, they spent time with their family members: having enjoyable meals together, talking to each other about the events of the day, doing household chores or watching a popular television program together and so on. Sometimes, they met their

neighbors

a person who lives (or is located) near another

neighbours

and had a joyful chat with them. Another significant advantage of living in a small

village

was a real community spirit. The whole

village

was like a big family whose members cared for and helped each other voluntarily. Children in the

village

were like brothers and sisters who had a lot fun playing traditional games together and the games became beautiful childhood memories when they grew up.

In addition

to benefits, living in a small

village

in the past had its own drawbacks. The most serious problem was financial. People in a large city could do different jobs to make a

living but

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living, but

people in a small

village

could only work in agriculture or fishing industry. Unfortunately, farmers or fishermen always lived

in

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with

the risk of financial hardship caused by plant or livestock diseases, natural disasters or man-made environmental disasters. As a consequence, their income was often insufficient to pay for their basic needs.

Also

, many of them even could not pay for their children’s education because their school fees continuously increased in response to their rising levels of education, which led to high rates of illiteracy or low levels of education in small villages. Yet there was another major downside from my point of view with living in a small

village

. People in many small villages were limited from accessing

Internet

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the Internet

and modern conveniences

such

as televisions or

smartphones

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smart phones

.

Therefore

, they were much slower to adopt new technology compared with urban counterparts. In conclusion, the pace of life in a small

village

in the past was slow and people were helpful and cared for each other like members in a big family.

However

, there were

also

drawbacks of living in a small

village

, namely unstable income and the lack of Internet and modern convenience access.