Ha ha. I am a TOEFL essay machine now. This took about three minutes to create using my fake essay template, and I think it looks pretty decent.
A lot of people today think that we should live in the city. However, I strongly believe that it is much better for kids to live in the country for two reasons. First, it leads to a lot of great job opportunities. Second, it vastly improves our health and wellbeing, which a lot of people are struggling with nowadays. To be fair, a lot of older people have the traditional view that cities are the best place for young people to live. That said, I think this viewpoint is outdated and quite useless in today’s society.
First, life in the countryside can improve our range of job opportunities in the future. As I implied above, people my parent’s age (and older) think that living in the countryside is actually quite dangerous. When I was young and they had a lot of influence over my world view, I actually had the same opinion. At that time, I thought the lack of businesses in the country would actually make it harder for me to get a job, and so I was hostile toward it. However, after I entered college and my social network broadened, I realized the unique benefits of rural life. Now I realize that the presence of agriculture can help us find employment in high paying fields. For example, my young cousin makes a lot of money because he works in a field related to growing organic crops. His experience changed my perspective, and now I am focusing on farming at university in the hope of achieving the same thing.
Second, life in the countryside has a noticeable effect on our physical health and maybe even our mental health. I actually read a story about this in the Village Voice Newspaper a few months ago. It pointed out that if we properly use hiking trails we can avoid the poor health that a lot of people are dealing with nowadays. The article claimed that 75% of Americans think that the best way of staying fit is making use of rural sports. Medical experts who reviewed the study results agreed, and suggested that rural lifestyles will have an even greater impact in the future because of the clean air in the countryside. Consequently, I strongly feel that benefiting from life away from crowded cities is a fantastic way to stay healthy.
In conclusion, I think that it is best for young people to live in the countryside. This is because it can lead to gainful employment, and because it has a positive impact on our minds and bodies.