考研英语作文：对居住地的选择
Whereas more and more people move into cities to begin their new life, resulting in the urban expansion in some places such as Shanghai where population increased from about six millions in 1990 to about ten millions 2002, some individuals are emigrating to small towns. Most immigrants are motivated by the high quality of life. I am not an exception. If I lived in a small town, I would not hesitate to move to a city. In city the infrastructures, employment opportunity and access to the health system are promising the higher quality of life than in a small town.
The infrastructures such as transportation system, cable service and water and power system determine how the area functions, and hence reflect the quality of life. The sounder infrastructures the area has, the more service people can enjoy. Cities, apparently, have more complicated and advanced infrastructures, thereby providing better service than small towns do. In a city, the public transportation brings residents from one area to other areas as they wish; however, in a small town, you have to drive yourselves or walk, because such transportation service is not available or limited. Cable service is popular in a city, providing high speed to surf the Internet, or more choice of TV programs, while in a small town, dial-up is a main way, or even no way to Internet. Furthermore, the construction of the infrastructures needs a big budget. A city can update its system more frequently, by attracting investors who prefer investing in a city for economic reasons, than a small town does. Thus such difference of updating widens the gaps of the quality of life between a city and a small town.
The infrastructures also influence the economic condition of an area, thereby affecting the employment in that area. The sound infrastructures allure more companies to this area, and then their investments create employment opportunities. For most people, working is the only way to make their living; the employment offers happy, secure and satisfied life. There are more job opportunities in a city than in a small town. When residents in a city lose their jobs, they can get a new job more quickly than those in a small town. Moreover, the high employment rate is easy to attract new investments because the residents have high consumption ability.
The access to the health system is another important indicator of the quality of life. In a city, there are more medical institutes such as hospitals and clinics, but in a small town, a clinic may be the only place people can go when they are silk. Furthermore, in a city, hospitals provide more doctors and nurses, broader services, including programs about preventing disease from spreading, and more advanced ways that cure patients with sophisticated facilities. Such advantages in a city bring healthy life to its residents.
For the sake of high quality of life, I choose a city as my palace. The infrastructures and employment opportunity in a city keep residents secure and satisfied, and the easy access to the health system make them healthier, thus improving the quality of life.
