Growing up in a Rural or Urban Area

I would like to start by differentiating an urban and a rural area via definition..
An urban area is an area that is characterized by high population density, consisting of high infrastructure and basic amenities like good roads, well facilitated hospitals, strong network services and likes, things to make life more easy and enjoyable

In contrast to urban areas, rural areas are characterized by low population density. People live sparsely from each other and the major occupation in the rural area is farming. Rural areas may sometimes lack some basic amenities that are present in urban areas and the lifestyle there is mostly related to old traditional beliefs.

Now the major differences between urban areas and rural areas includes, population density, infrastructure development and educational and healthcare facilities.

• Population density; as stated in my definition above, the urban area is well populated then the rural areas. The urban area is well populated because there’s a high demand of resources and services leading to a very busy and congested environment.
  But the rural area is less populated because people live in small communities and villages and almost everyone from the rural areas have moved to cities or towns in the urban areas to make a living or start a life..

• Another difference is infrastructure development. Infrastructure refers to physical systems and facilities that a place needs to properly function..
  Infrastructures includes, roads, schools, buildings, airport, hospitals and the likes..A city will not be able to function properly without infrastructures, in fact, infrastructure forms the basis for the proper functioning of a developing nation..

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Therefore, infrastructures present in urban areas includes, well developed and maintained roads, banks, hospitals and basic amenities like electricity, good technological network, and water .
Rural areas lack infrastructures for good living and this can be a challenge to the people inhabiting the area.
Even if there are amenities present, they are not well maintained and access to these amenities maybe limited.

• Another difference is the economic activity present in these 2 areas. In urban areas, the economic activities are diversified creating a range of employment opportunities for people but the basic or primary economic activity present in the rural area is agriculture

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I grew up in the urban area because my parents gave birth to me there and I love it that I grew up in the urban area, life is really bustling and not boring. You wake up to see different people and things happening around you.
I am from Mbiokporo 1 in nsit Ibom local government area..It’s a rural area, it’s developing and it might soon turn out to be a city..I don’t really go to mbiokporo, even if I do, I’m not sure I’ve spent the night there, so I have little or no knowledge of the happenings in that rural area.

As I said earlier, I was born and raised in the urban area, so I have lived in the city all my life so sending me to go different area like the rural area that lacks basic amenities and infrastructure will be challenging for me. It will take me a long time to adapt to the lifestyle there. I’ll be moving out of my parents house very soon, but I’m not sure I’ll be settling in the rural area because I’m already used to the lifestyle in the city.

I’m not even sure I’ll want to move to the rural area except that’s the only option I have. My reason for not wanting to live in the rural is because the life can be very hard there, nobody to maintain facilities if there’s any at all.

The last time I went to the interior part of my village, the network was really messing with me, so imagine living there for months, I’ll suffocate especially after getting used to a good flow of network in the urban area.
Then the are no good roads in the rural area..
The last time I visited my village during the rainy season, everywhere was flooded so it will be hard to transport myself around comfortably because of poor roads..

I’m not sure I’ve seen any health center in my village. So how do I cope with my health when there’s no health care center, I’ll have to transport myself to the nearest city to locate a hospital. And just think of what would happen if it’s an emergency situation. So these and many more are the reasons I wouldn’t want to go to the area I didn’t grow up from.

I grew up in the urban area and so there are many recreational centers in the city, many places you rest, relax and enjoy at your leisure time. A typical example of a place to relax and have fun is the Love garden. It consist of a museum and a very spacious play ground, during the Christmas holidays, it is usually converted to a Christmas village and partitioned in to 31 places each representing the local government in the state where I live therefore creating an opportunity to interact with people from different, tribe and cultural background, it is usually a fun place to be.

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Wheras there are no recreational centers in the rural areas.

Another thing that is present in the area I grew up that isn’t present in the rural area is a gadget store. Here, gadgets and accessories are sold and repaired. I got my phone from a gadget store called Royalline Technology Limited and I usually repair my phone in the phone accessory shop called Oga mark because they are tested and trusted.

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In contrast, they are no gadgets stores in the rural areas. Anybody that wants to get a phone or any type of gadget and it’s accessory will have to live the rural area, and get to a gadget store in the city to purchase.

I invite @goodybest, @val1234 and @bossj23