Gail Vagnola
EL 111
18 September 2014
Rural Vs. Urban
After reading Reyhan Harmanci’s essay “Giving up my small-town fantasy” that was published in 3rd September 2014 in NY times, opinions section, I do agree her when she told us about her experience in living in two different places (rural and urban). and when she pointed out how big cities differ from small towns.. However, I disagree in others thoughts.
In the beginning, she started by complaining from urban life style and how it is very hard to make enough money there, she also considered it a waste of time and effort. “We could not buy, we could not move, we were stuck. And we were getting older. There was nowhere to grow”. That’s why she moved from San Francisco to Hudson (a small town in New Jersey) with her boyfriend to have a better life after getting bored from the city life.
Harmanci and her boyfriend life started well, their financial situation was great there; they bought a house, she started a new work at a media start-up called modern farmer and Patrick (her boyfriend) also was very happy with his new work especially because he had the relaxation and …show more content…
The author words were clear and she transferred her opinion in a direct way. Harmanci earns the readers’ respect by the way of writing and by choosing social life instead of money. The author mentioned a study was published in 2010 by the journal of economic geography that reports the reasons of the continually growing of some rural areas instead of being disintegrated also she mention a research by the University of Minnesota confirms this