Urban Vs Rural Life Experience

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when it come to deciding between rural and urban lifestyle, it is never a debate to me because I have live both life at some point and I already decided on which one I will always prefer to stay in. I was born in the urban area and that is a blessing on it own unlike the rural area which aren't really developed, I had no rural life experience back then until I started attending Anglican and join the Boys Brigade Organisation, our captain back then have a lot of rural life experience in the village and always take us along (if we are free) anytime he want to visit them in the village, at first I was skeptical about it because I do hear those place are too local especially the people and also they only have light on rare cases. I went with the group one day after decided it might be a vacation or an adventure, he also told us to kit up and take cloth that can cover us, the journey wasn't boring because we were chatting in the bus and within 1hr we reach there. First thing I saw were the mud house and people working to process their farm products (cassava) and as expected no light and the network was really poor, they were just looking at us and did the same but they really took care of us with some in term of food.

What I love about the place was the fact that they somehow work together in groups, their life is somehow at peace because they are literally satisfy with what they have and their situation, they are use to night without electricity, I rarely see television in most of the house I entered, they spend most of their time on the farm, they were use to those stuff and weren't bothered about other things but they do visit the urban area whenever they decided to sell their farm products

That day I knew rural life isn't for me, I was bored and my phone was kind of useless because the network was shitty, I could only listen to music, watch only movies I have on my phone and take pictures, also there is this small blood sucking insect flying around the place, it land on any visible area of your body and suck, that isn't the painful part, after they are done sucking, you will start feeling the pain and if you scratch it, that spot will be hard and scratchy, so you have to kit up all the time but life in the urban area isnt like that, we have the basic amenities available, no blood sucking insect, life is sweet even though everyone do mind their business.

When it come to selecting between Rural and Urban lifestyle, it will always be Urban, I love how life is here and the benefit that follows