Changing lifestyle: From rural to urban

18 November, 2021

Oh, living in the countryside is beautiful, wake up in morning and admire the mountains, the green grass and the beautiful and blue skies, animals all over the place, oh dear I miss that, now I live in the city, but don’t get me wrong this place is also beautiful and I have lived most of my life here with my father, mother and grandparents, we move on here when I was a child because they wanted to have a better lifestyle, the rural life is not easy, but I was happy, and so I am now. My parents thought that here in the city they will get better job opportunities, that didn’t go well at all, they were used to work for themselves and for the family producing goods, and jobs in the city are way more difficult than that. 

I recently talked with my grand-father and he told me that this decision has affected my whole family. First for he and my grand-mother, they think this urban lifestyle is not for them because they have lived their entire life in the countryside, they felt productive because they used help with the work in the family, and in the city, they don’t have much to do. Likewise, my
parents haven’t adapted at all, because finding a well-paying job was difficult, eventually they found a job, but they money is not something we have in abundance.

But, for a 17 y/o this change was good or bad?

To be honest, in the beginning it was difficult, changing your whole form of living and grow without closer family and friends. With time, I get used to it, I was able to have a good education, and more opportunities to help my family economically. Most of the teenagers who live in rural places at this age don’t have much opportunities for a good school or university, so even though this change was difficult it is going to be helpful for my future. 

So, migration was worth?

As I said before, my family haven’t adapted at all, but we can live happy enough, and many opportunities have been raised for both me and my parents. But not everything is good, discrimination and the competence is something that wasn’t present in my countryside home, and is hard to stand out when people don’t want to listen you because you are not from the city, or the competence of the big enterprises are way too hard for an honest job, but if you are strong enough you can have a good life, believe me. 

As a conclusion: 

If you have the opportunity to move from a rural area to the city, and if your family can afford it, do it, it will help you as a teenager, and your family finding better job opportunities, it is hard to leave the place where you born and were your family is, but you can always go and visit them. Migration is hard, but if it is not forced your life will change for good. 

Thanks for reading :D