If I lived in a rural community I could have a farm and adorable animals.  If I had privacy I could read books sitting in the sun.  I can swim in the pond.  I can see ducks and I can see turtles and deer.

I cannot walk to school.  I’d have to ride the bus to school.  I would drive to the movies.  And I can’t get pizza fast.

But I’d live to live in a rural community.

by Jahiem

I want to be around different animals. I want to chase deer. I want a big space to play Capture the Flag. I want more privacy because it’s easier to find a place to be alone. I want to see what people act like.

However there’s no fast food in the country. There are long rides to go places. You also have to spend more money on tractors.

However, the country is the place I want to be!

by Camerion

There are good things about a city. I love to wake up and go to a diner and get some food. Libraries are so good. I love when I go to school and go to the library with my friends. In the afternoon I like to go to the park when the sun is setting.

There are bad things about a city too. I do not like traffic. It makes me late for school. At night when I live in a rural country, I look up and see the stars. They look so nice. I worry about sickness in crowds.

If I had a choice, I would live in an urban area even though there are hard things about living in the city. I still know I can handle it!

by Sidonie

I would like to live next to other people in the city.  There would be friends to play with.  I can go to diners and restaurants to eat.  I can ride buses to get to other places in the city.

I hate loud things like sirens on police cars and fire trucks. There isn’t enough room to go fishing.

Even though there are hard things about living in the city, I still want to live in the city.

by Tyler

There are perfect things about the city.  There are sidewalks so I don’t get hurt when I walk to school.  When my sister is out, I have lots of friends to play with when I’m bored and when I’m down.  If I’m hungry, I don’t have to wait because the restaurants are nearby.

There are difficult things about the city too.  There is traffic!  When I’m late to school or somewhere, I don’t want my mom or dad to get stuck in traffic.  It is so loud I can’t hear anything except honking and people talking.  When I accidentally wander away from my mom in big malls, I will get lost.

So, there are good, and not so good things, about the city.  But I still want to live in an urban community.

by Tara

There are good things about living in the city.   I look forward to the parks.  I like the rings and the museums. The sculptures are so awesome. At night before I go to sleep I see streetlights on the poles.

There are hard things about living in the city. I don’t look forward to rats.  I only like mice. The buses are so quiet. But I like them loud sometimes. And there is so much traffic.  Even though there are hard things about living in the city,

I still would choose to live in an urban area.

by Serenity

I would look to see the tall pines.  They smell prickly in my throat and nose when I walk outside each and every morning.
In open fields each afternoon my family would fly kites and play volleyball.  At night I see the animals curled up.   There are good things about living in a rural area.

Sometimes, gunshots from hunters who are hunting deer would wake me.  I would not get a wink of sleep.  I say, “Stop!” It would be a long drive to go to school and I would be late for morning meeting.  Bees buzzing in my ears!  There are bad things about living in a rural area.

Even though there are hard things about living in a rural area, the country is for me.

by Riley

There are good things about the urban city.  It is easier to get to stores in an urban city by walking or driving a short way.  There are tons of kids to play with and not that many in a rural place.  It is much closer to Target.

There are bad things about the urban city. The urban city has too much traffic.  There are too many people in the urban city.  It is hard to get houses.

Even though there are hard things about the urban city, I would rather live in the city.

by Reilly

There are good things about living in the country. I wish I lived in the rural area so I could climb tall trees. I can see me picking apples in the day.  Oh, how I love apples.
In the spring I can plant corn.  Oh, how I love corn.

There are bad things about living in the country.  There are too many bees that sting me.  “Ouch,” I say, “Bad bee.”  I get lonely. I get disappointed because I have no one to play with and sometimes I cry.  It’s a long drive to the city.  I don’t like long drives. I get car sick.  I listen to the radio.  I say, “When will we get there?” over and over and over.

Even though there are hard things about living in a rural country, I still want to live in the country.

by Owen

There are good things about the city.  I love playgrounds.  mostly when it’s summer, because there are fun playgrounds to play on.  There are more small pets in the city because there are more children.  I love pets so much.  I have a hamster that is very, very, very, very, cute.  He is a hamster and he runs around in his ball.  There are a lot of schools in the city because there are a lot of people.  Schools are fun because at recess you get to play with friends and have fun.

There are bad things about the city.  There is too much noise from all the people and the buildings.  There is too much litter from all the people dropping garbage.  There are no deer because they live in forests.

Even though there are bad things about the city, I would still want to live in an urban city.

by Max