We all pay a price by living in big cities because on one side big cities give something to us and on the other side they take many things away from us. Life in big cities remain full of hurried daily life, jammed roads, polluted air, noise pollution and never ending race to survive. In big cities, we live a stressful and fast life where we have no time for our self and our family whereas in small town or villages, we get good opportunity to enjoy time with friends and family members.
In big cities, we inhale polluted air and drink unhygienic water as compared to pure air and water of small towns and villages. In big cities, we have no touch with nature and we hardly have time for relaxation in nature whereas we find many opportunities to interact with nature and see many miracles and beauty of nature. In big cities, we waste lots of time in travelling due to highly traffic on roads whereas we hardly waste any time on travelling in small towns and villages.
In big cities, due to shortage of land, it is very difficult to find good and airy accommodations so only option remains with people living in big cities to compromise on living standards whereas we can easily find good and airy accommodation in small towns and villages due to the availability of open land. Due to high rates of most of essential items, there is high cost of living in big cities whereas many things are grown and made locally in small villages and towns which usually cost very less.
In big cities, we get very less chance to make strong bonds socially because of fast life and less interaction among people whereas in small cities and villages, it is much easier to intract and make strong bonds socially. Fast and stressful life of big cities can increase chances of many physical and mental illnesses many times whereas cool and stress free life of villages help us in remaining away from many diseases. These are some of disadvantageous of living in big cities as compared to small towns and villages which highlights cost of living in big cities.