There is a saying in Korea "It is Okey that take whatever way to reach to seoul". Soeul is the capital city of Korea. Sometimes it indicates the significance of outcome but I think it is also diliver the message that it is much better to live in big city than live in small town.
There was a scholor who had been most admired in Korea. He's name is Jung yak-yong. He wrote many magnificent book which is still be appreciated by many people. Although in many of his book, he stressed the importance of being frugal, he taught his offsprings to live in Seoul. I think the main reason why he suggested to his offsprings to live in Seoul is that it is much easier to have competence by living in Seoul. Beacause there are many competitives in big city like Seoul, One can get used to compete with others then it helps him to be improved. Some say that it makes person exhusted to compete with others, but I think it is essential desire of human to improve and it is too hard to improve himself without any competitor.
Besides, People who live in small town are likely to be biased. Most of important cultural, economical, educational facilities are in big city. People who live in small town rarely have opportunity to use those facilities. As such, they are prone to strict things what they already know. Moreover, because there is small town where they live in, there are no divercity of human chracteristics. In big city, there are many humans who came from diverse city and their characteristicts are also diverse. Because of that, people who live in Big city often have generous point of view in judging other people; people who live in small town are not.
In conclusion, though some people want to live in small town to get relived life, living in a small town not only makes person less competitive but also biased. Thus, if one want to improve oneself, it is much better to live in big city than to live in small town. |