Comparison between city life and village life

A few people have been asking me why I relocated back to the village and left the city. I give them a few reasons here and there – like leaving the city for economic and financial reasons. These are the two major reasons for a city to village migration. However, in my village here in Kenya, young people look forward to the day they will move to the city for either education or work. 

Furthermore, I was born and brought up and educated in Nairobi. I have thought of creative ways to make money online and, therefore, there is no urgent need to be in the city at the moment. 

After a lot of research and thoughts about online ventures, I realized that I could do it only as a hobby now. Such ventures require many resources in terms of internet bandwidth and the money to pay for it. These two resources are very scarce for a hustler like me. Moreover, and as they say, time is an important resource.

There are many cities in the continent of Africa such as Pretoria and Johannesburg down in South Africa and to the north of the continent is Cairo in Egypt. In between those two cities are other cities such as Abuja in Nigeria. Kenya has its own world-renowned city called Nairobi. Although there are other small cities in Kenya such as Kisumu, Eldoret, and Mombasa, people tend to prefer Nairobi because of its international appeal. There is Nakuru also which I believe is well on its way to being a city. Lately, I have been thinking of moving to Nakuru for my university education.

In the village, it is not as it used to be in the past, where the people were not civilized in any way. The only form of civilization in the past was schooling and agriculture. There is almost everything a person will need in the city, but we all know that needs vary from person to person. For an upcoming freelancer/blogger like me, all I need is an internet connection and a computer to earn my living online; in an honest and integral way. 

Furthermore, I require a serene environment so that I can concentrate on writing my blogs. City life is in contrast with my needs because it is always bustling with economic, social and political activity. The list below summarizes the comparison of city life and village life:

City Life

• Faster access to goods & services

• Access to virtual and physical educational materials

• Technological announcements are announced and experienced in the city first

• The cost of goods and services is high, including foodstuff

• A bustling environment

• A superb social life, such as nightclubs and/or social clubs

Village life

• Slower access to goods and services
• Access to only virtual educational materials
• Technology reaches the village later
• Low cost of goods and services, including foodstuff
• A serene environment
• A lackluster environment ideal for the old and sick people 

Concluding remarks

As we can see above, the village is not a place for a young and vibrant person. I, occasionally, prefer the city where I can party the night away on weekends and interact with beautiful girls who are in my age group.