[10] Students Write About Places to Live July 14, 2014

Do you like living in a city, suburb, countryside? Why or why not?  Manuella, who comes from Natal, Brazil, shares her thoughts on this topic.  (Her ESL teacher has checked her spelling, grammar, and punctuation and has offered corrections with light editing):

I love living in a city, especially my city.  It is very special because it has many attractions such as tours with dromedaries on the dunes.  There is transparent water in Maracajaui, corals, and especially local food such as crab, shrimp, green beans, fish broth, acai… This is all part of Natal.  It still has more:  it is a very developed city with big supermarkets and malls where people “solve” their problems.  It has also a big center with large stores and buildings where people work and study.   Natal has 800,000 inhabitants and is growing more.  A lot of tourists are coming; it is becoming a great city in which to live; it has a lot of natural beauty.  Also at night there are many things to do.

I would like all to visit Natal; you will love it.

Daniela from Chile expresses her feelings about this topic:

I have always been in the city; I haven’t lived in any other kind of place.  I was born in Santiago, Chile, and then I studied at the school and the university in that same city.

I’m now living  in [another] city, but it is a little different because this is a big city with more development.  However, in [both] Santiago and New York, there are a lot of people.  [They] are crowded, [among] other characteristics!

When I began to study for my law career, my family went to live in a small town near the beach on the Pacific coast.  That place is Algarrobo, popular for free days like weekends, holidays, or vacations because it is a beautiful and wonderful town far from the noisy city.  This town has pure air, beaches, houses, hotels, condominiums, and cabins.  Mostly in the summer, it is a fun place; [also] it is relaxing (and sometimes boring!) too.

Last week I was in Hudson, a suburb of Boston.  I realized that in the future, when I have my family, I would like to live in one of these [communities].  It would be perfect for me and my family.

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