Some Reasons to Move from City to Countryside

                                                             

    It is a life cycle that when I was young I hated being a framer and I determined to pursue higher education  and work in the modern city. Recently, I quitted my good-salary job from modern city  to become a farmer. It sounds ridiculous to leave the city to live in a remote area. In fact, I decided to move from Phnom Penh to Mondulkiri province which is 360 kilometers from the capital city. What are the reasons that I left my beautiful flat and job at city? 

    What bothers me the most when I lived in Phnom Penh city was traffic. Many people take the car everyday and it has also been proved that the majority of the families have at least two cars. This means that I have to deal with rush-hour traffic on your way to work and on your way back. My workplace was about 10 kilometers from my home but it took me one hour to two hours by car and 30 minutes to 45 minutes by motor in the early morning. I sometimes got stuck in traffic jam for four to five hours. However, on the weekend, the traffic was better because people don't go to work and students don't go to school. 

    Another negatives of living the city is pollution. There are two big pollution in my neighborhood noise pollution and air pollution. I had a problem with my neighbor who play loud music. I told them to turn down the music several times and they did not listen. Finally I found a lawyer and my he recommended me to report that case to local police. The police came to explain my neighbors and they stopped playing loud music. However, other neighbors usually enjoy singing loud karaoke at night. In addition, I had to inhale the bad air everyday causing by the smoke from the cars. 

      There is always more crime in a big city, causing me second case my decision for living in a big city. I am much more likely to be a victim of a crime living in a big city than in a small town. Burglary and pickpocket happen very often in my neighborhood. I was once a victim of a crime. I was pickpocket on the way to work. I lost some document and home keys in my bag. I had to change some keys in my house and it costed me about 300 dollars. 

    

To sum up, living in a big city has some significant negatives. I have lived the city since 2016. I don't want go back and live in the city anymore. Personally, I believe that the benefits of enjoying the city-life and the comfort of having shops at every corner, eventually overweigh the negatives. 

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