City Lights or Country Nights?

City Lights or Country Nights?

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Is There Anything in the Middle?

Country

Suburbs

City

VS

VS

Country, Citiy, or Suburbs?

secluded

1. Which place is more ?

away from people and busy activities, and often hard to reach

2. Which place offers ?

the best of both worlds

a situation in which you enjoy the advantages of two different things at the same time

cultural melting pot

3. Which place is a ?

a place where many different people and cultures and ideas exist together

back to basics

4. Where can you get ?

start to give your attention to the simplest and most important matters

rat race

5. Where can you get out of the ?

a way of life in which there is severe competition

the hustle and bustle

6. Where can you enjoy ?

noise and activity

on your doorstep

7. Where do you have the amenities ?

very close to you

City

Country

Peace and Quiet

Hustle and Bustle

Peace and Quiet

Hustle and Bustle

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Amenities at your doorstep

Amenities at your doorstep

Remote amenities

Remote amenities

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👆

Polluted air

Fresh air

Polluted air

Fresh air

👆

👆

Cultural melting pot

Cultural melting pot

Homogeneity

Homogeneity

👆

👆

Slow life, less stress

Slow life, less stress

Rat race

Rat race

👆

👆

High cost of living

Affordable lifestyle

High cost of living

Affordable lifestyle

👆

👆

Close-knit community

Privacy and independence

Close-knit community

Privacy and independence

👆

👆

Plenty of job opportunities

Limited work options

Plenty of job opportunities

Limited work options

👆

👆

Public transport and mobility

Car-dependent and isolated

Public transport and mobility

Car-dependent and isolated

👆

👆

Early nights and quiet evenings

Entertainment and nightlife

Entertainment and nightlife

Early nights and quiet evenings

👆

👆

Wi-Fi everywhere

Wi-Fi everywhere

Limited internet

Limited internet

👆

👆

Suburbs

Discussion

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Country, Citiy, or Suburbs?

Recap

• S_____d area/place
• The b___t of b__h w___s
• Cultural m_____g p__t
• B___k to b_____s
• R__t r____e
• The h____e and b_____e
• On your d_______p

Suburbs

Peace and Quiet

Hustle and Bustle

👆

Amenities at your doorstep

Remote amenities

👆

Polluted air

Fresh air

👆

Cultural melting pot

Homogeneity

👆

Slow life, less stress

Rat race

👆

High cost of living

Affordable lifestyle

👆

Close-knit community

Privacy and independence

👆

Plenty of job opportunities

Limited work options

👆

Public transport and mobility

Car-dependent and isolated

👆

Entertainment and nightlife

Early nights and quiet evenings

👆

Wi-Fi everywhere

Limited internet

👆

Do you feel like you are part of the rat race in your daily life? What helps you escape it?

Do you find the hustle and bustle of a busy city exciting or exhausting?

What’s the most useful thing you have right on your doorstep where you live now?

Would you enjoy spending a week in a secluded place with no internet, or would you feel bored? Why?

What place, in your opinion, gives you the best of both worlds?

Have you ever lived in or visited a cultural melting pot? What was the most interesting cultural experience you had there?

If you had to go back to basics for a month, what modern conveniences would you miss the most?

There are people, called downshifters, who quit their well-paid jobs in cities and choose less demanding jobs and simpler living in villages. Why?

Would could be done to improve city living?

Do you know your neighbours? How closely do you interact with them?

If you could change anything about the place where you live, what would you change?

How has the place where you live changed in recent years?