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Courtney Halder
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How People Are Affected By Where They Live
November 3, 2010 - 01:18 AM
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Hi everyone,
I would like to know what you think people who live in rural areas miss out on or benefit from by living there compared to people who live in the town and also how it influences decisons and their economic ways in later life.
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Courtney Halder,
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Re: How People Are Affected By Where They Live
August 8, 2011 - 08:29 AM
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Hello!
I'm from Romania and in my childhood I lived in the countryside. Now, I'm living in a town. For me, the choice of living in a village or in a town depends on what you want, on your personal needs, on your way of perceiving life. So, I don't know if I could say that those who live in rural areas miss out on or benefit from by living there in comparison with those who live in the town. I think that it's very important to be aware of your needs, to know what you really want and like and this way, you will never feel that the place where you are living in brings you some losses.
Life in the contryside, at least in Romania, is a simple life. You live in harmony with nature and with animals and you have a very close relation with your neighbours and the others. You can admire there the magnificence of nature, breath fresh air, drink clean water, listen the birds chirpping or simply enjoy the quietness.
In town, life is more agitated. You have so many possibilities of spending your time because there are many cultural events.
It depends on how you want to live your life.
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Re: How People Are Affected By Where They Live
August 14, 2011 - 09:00 AM
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TwinStars wrote:
Hi everyone,
I would like to know what you think people who live in rural areas miss out on or benefit from by living there compared to people who live in the town and also how it influences decisions and their economic ways in later in life.Dear Courtney,
I have lived in cities almost all my life. Yes, cities have a lot to offer. Jobs, entertainment, education, etc., are all centered in the cities. Unfortunately, many problems are centered there too: noise, pollution, stress, crime. Now in my "old age," I find I don't value the distractions of city life as much as I used to. I yearn for the times I can spend out in the country. Tomorrow morning I am driving with a friend about 60 miles to go do volunteer work on a farm. When I was young, the thought of becoming a farmer was the furthest thing from my mind. Even today in my English classes here in Japan when the subject of occupations comes up, and I ask my students what they want to be, NO ONE says a farmer. Okay, it is a teacher's college, but they way they wrinkle up their faces when I say, "What about being a farmer?" really tells me young people hate farming. I have started a vegetable garden for the first time this year. Battling those weeds is a never ending job! But, I enjoy it. My kohlrabi is almost big enough to harvest. Boy, they sure are a conversation starter here in Japan! Anyway, I suspect the farming life has its stresses too and isn't quite as wonderful as I imagine. Someday, the oil is going to run out, and all the city folk are going to come crawling to the farmers, begging them to trade food for family heirlooms (happened to my Dad's family in Germany after World War II). But that's still a ways in the future!
Speaking of living on the land in Romania, another TIGer recommended this short film about life on the Romanian farm:
http://www.productive.ro/The-Land-is-Waiting-s49.htm
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Re: How People Are Affected By Where They Live
August 20, 2011 - 11:41 AM
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Re: How People Are Affected By Where They Live
January 24, 2012 - 07:48 AM
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That is a very good question! I live in the UK and I think we are very spoiled here.
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Re: How People Are Affected By Where They Live
March 28, 2012 - 10:11 AM
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Though I live in a city, I have experience working with rural communities where I do field work.
In my area, rural people miss out basic social amenities and services like electricity, potable water, quality health service, quality education, motor-able roads, means of transport, toilet facilities, among several others.
On the other hand, they benefit from communal labour and vast farmlands. Their common source of entertainment is sex, and as a result, there is high birth rates in these areas.
Most of the rural people who are able to complete their tertiary education seek jobs in the cities, reluctant to go back home. Others send their girl-children to towns & cities to seek greener pastures who return with fatherless children (teenage pregnancies) and deadly diseases.
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Re: How People Are Affected By Where They Live
March 28, 2012 - 09:37 PM
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Dear Chenty,
Yes, you are right! The cities will always be a magnet for rural people who are unhappy with the toil of farming, the lack of progress in living standards, and the health problems of rural life. Especially the young are leaving the countryside in droves. You told us what many of them find.
I remember recently a gas pipe exploded in a squatters camp in Kenya and 100s were killed. Shortly before that event I had seen a video in which a camp dweller said living in such a squatters camp was better than trying to make a living by farming. I wonder whether he is alive today.
I worry there is a campaign to encourage the poor farmers in the developing world to abandon their farms and go to the cities. Their farmland is then bought up and consolidated by foreign countries who will use genetically modified crops and petroleum-based technologies to increase crop yields. What's wrong with that? I suspect the crops will be exported to the higher paying developed world rather than those living in the cities of the developing world.
What can be done about it? We in the developed world must stop demanding cheap food prices. We must demand to know where our food comes from and how it was produced. This is possible in the developed world because of an arrangement called Community Supported Agriculture (CSA for short) in which families can receive a weekly box of vegetables or other agricultural products directly from a farmer they know personally. Yes, this is more expensive than buying from the grocery supermarket, but you can have confidence the food is healthy, fresh, and the farmer can keep more money. My family is a member of such a CSA.
CSAs are probably not the answer in the developing world where transportation costs and road infrastructure is poor. First, the farmers must be made confident they can grow enough for their own families before they can start selling to the cities. There are some interesting techniques like Biointensive farming which are being taught in Kenya right now. Also conservation farming techniques are being introduced in Zambia. These strategies seek to reduce dependence on chemical fertilizers and petroleum technologies while making the farmers' lives easier. They also protect and preserve the soil and discourage deforestation. I was so inspired by Zambian farmer Elleman Mumba's story. You can read it here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8582353.stm
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Re: How People Are Affected By Where They Live
May 1, 2012 - 03:22 PM
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I live in Indonesia and there's a lot of culture here.
Many traditions and ancient seremonial implementated in, so this affected people who live in Indonesia.
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Re: How People Are Affected By Where They Live
May 5, 2012 - 10:01 AM
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Dear Courtney Halder ,
I think that , in rural areas also gets its benefit such breathing fresh air , eating fresh vegatables which we grow , drinking clean water , not similar to tap water uses chemical to clear water affecting our health . Beside , in rural areas or remote areas also develop family economy to enrich , not just in city gets ability to do . on the other hand , expression of neighbour in rural areas often attach together more than city , life in here is not constant hurrying , we will spend so much time talking ralatives , friends . but life in rural areas is the same meaning with miss out on benefit such as quality education , health service , means of transport . It depends on each person 's personal needs . In anywhere , it also gets its advantages and disadvantages
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