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Compare and Contrast Cites where I have Lived



I have opinions of all the places I have lived. Each place has its advantages and disadvantages, and I am not sure if there is any place that really fits me well. In this essay, I will examine the bad and good aspects of some of the places I have lived. Then, I will compare what I consider to be "ideal" conditions with the good aspects of those places where I have lived. Lastly, I will choose the place that I think is best for me.



I was born in Taipei, and I lived there for a great part of my life. I consider it to be my hometown, and I cherish many of the memories I have form there. I like the people and places in Taipei, especially some of its unique characteristics, like the night markets. The pattern of the city is familiar to me, and the streets are always full of people shopping.



Taipei does, however, have some bad aspects. It was a severe air pollution problem, and heavy traffic jams are commonplace. The city just has too many people packed into too little space. Its many buildings are packed closely together, and this just makes the overcrowding problem worse.



After living in Taipei during ny childhood and teenage years, I moved to southern Taiwan to attend college. The town I lived in was much less populated than Taipei, and that was nice. But, it was very hot there and that was a big problem. They also did not have a large shopping center, so buying nice clothes was difficult. I felt like I could not look fine or pretty. Unlike Taipei, this town had no fine restaurants or shops either.



On the good side, this town was wide open. There was lots of space and the natural scenery was just beautiful. Because it was not so crowded, and traffic was not a problem, there was not much pollution either. I like this because it was easier to keep healthy.



When I finished my work at a hospital in Taiwan, I moved to the university of Woollongone, in Australia. I went there to study conversational English. I stayed for four months, but after a while I became very lonely. The territory was very open, I had no friends there, and because of that, I had no social life. Eventually, I had to leave because I could not find a job, and without a job, life for a foreigner was too hard. The one reason I stayed as long as I did was because of all the unique plants and animals native to Australia. I like to see them, and many of them were easy to approach.



Finally, I moved to Richmond, Virginia, in the United States. Of all the places I have lived, I think I like it here the best. It is nice here for several reasons. . Because the population is not too high, there are lots of natural places to visit, lots of job opportunities, and less crowded transportation facilities. I am not sure of all the reasons, but I think life here is just much more exciting.



Richmond does, however, have some problems. My family and best friends are not here so sometimes I get lonely. Also, the television and radio programs and the newspapers are not in my language, and they do not apply to my own culture. Because of this I cannot get news of my own country, and this disturbs me.



After living in all these place, I think I can honestly say which characteristics are most important to me, and which ones are not so important. I have though about this very much, and I now feel like I can rank these things in order from first to last. First of all, I would like to live in a capital city, because it is not boring and I can meet lots of people. This makes me feel needed, and I like that. Secondly, the place I live needs to give me a wide and varied social life, full of activities. I like this because it lets me experience an abundant of interesting life styles. The third condition is an appropriate mix of people and nature. Nature can meet people's spiritual needs only if there is enough of it. If a place is too populated, air, water, and noise population become a problem. Next on the list is a large number of shopping centers. I like to buy nice things, and if there are no shopping centers, it is difficult to find the nice things I want. If I have this things, I think I can be happy. But, it would be nice if the place I live also has a nice climate, lots of job opportunities, and plenty of news about my own culture. If a place has all these characteristics, I think I would love to live there.



So, after living in many places, I think Richmond is the one that best fits me. It meets all of my geographical preferences, and if I had to describe it in one word, I would have to say it's just "wonderful".