By: Matias Salazar
Moving from a rural area to a big
city can be a big change for many families as it was for my family, we really
had a hard time when we changed from Oton to Quito the capital of our country
but as it was hard it has also given us a lot of advantages that we didn’t have
in Oton and that is going to be my main focus on today’s blog so to not lose
time let’s start
So first how was our life before we
moved, it was very hard we didn’t have access to a proper education or even
healthcare if got sick we had to go a to Ibarra where they had hospitals and
pharmacies things that we didn’t have in Oton, also my mom didn’t had a job and
my dad was in a low-paying job that couldn’t pay for most of the things we
needed to even live a decent life, we had to ration the food, the water, the
gas, and we even had to use candles to
light up our house if I’m honest the life we had was awful.
Then we moved to the city and things
started to change in a very positive way, we moved into a better house that
wasn’t big but it had all the commodities we desperately needed as a family of
five, also my dad got a better paying job that in consequence it allowed them
to put me and my brothers in a better school, but we also felt that we were a
little discriminated for being from a rural area so that didn’t feel nice but
we were able to manage another big thing that changed for us is that now we
were able to go out more often sometimes we went to a restaurant or to a park
and that was really great.
As I was telling you in the last
paragraph we now have a lot of advantages (Healthcare, education, friends, more
opportunities, etc) that we didn’t use to have, but as advantages came we also
experienced some disadvantages that we never thought we would have and some of
them we found out the hard way like there is a lot of street crime and by a lot
I mean it and it is so insecure to the point that the first thing they told us
when we arrived was that we shouldn’t go out alone after 6 P.M because most of
crimes occurred after that hour, another disadvantage that we didn’t have in
the city was the amount of pollution and garbage there is and it gets to a
point that is very concerning like you can see the smog in the sky and
everywhere you go you can see garbage and graffities in every wall, the last
disadvantage that really bothers me the most is the amount of noise the city
has it is absurd there’s not a single moment where you cannot hear a car
passing by or people yelling or even the sounds of the nearby factories back
when we were on Oton there weren’t any noises like never but you know you get
kinda used to it.
Now to end as I explained in the
last paragraphs living in the city can have its pros and cons I personally
believe that living in the city was the best thing that could ever happened to
me a my finally we got so many benefits that in Oton we didn’t have but maybe
for some other people staying in a rural area is better because of the noise or
the pollution and it is fine but I would
really recommend you readers that live in a rural area or a semi-rural area to
try to move to the city it doesn’t have to be Quito it can also be Cuenca or
even Guayaquil but you should give it a try because it could change your life’s
as it did to mine but at the end it is your choice, and that’s all for today’s
blog I really hoped you liked it and see you in the next blog.
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