Big cities like Tokyo and New York are so attractive that many people move from the countryside to live and work in them. It is easy to list the reasons why big towns attract a lot of people. For example, famous art exhibitions often come to such big towns; trains come in almost every five minutes; there are many big shopping centers; 24-hour stores and restaurants are everywhere. However, besides such attractions, I think that the following belief leads many people to big cities. It is that the life of a big city is much more sophisticated than that of small town, however, it is not necessarily fact.

A lot of people have probably a belief that life in a big city is cooler and richer than that in a small town. For example, they call the U.S.A. a developed country while calling most African countries developing. They learn histories of developed countries in school, but not developing countries, because they may believe the former is worth learning and the latter is worthless. I think they take the same way to see towns, and they regard the small town or agricultural society as inferior to developed ones. As a result, the number of people enrolling to universities is getting larger every year globally, and after graduation they want to get a job in a city not in small town.

However, the actual life in big towns is not necessarily better than that of small towns. For example, milk, which I had hated and couldn't drink in Tokyo, was so tasty in the countryside of Hokkaido that I can not forget the taste still now. Moreover, I saw an old man in a small town of Thailand whose foot was so wide because he did not wear shoes, while people in big town must wear them and feel tired. Furthermore, a survey shows that people in the countryside are physically stronger than people in cities.

In conclusion, big cities attract many people not only because they are convenient, but also because such people have a belief that big cities are superior to small towns. However, the actual life in a city is not always richer than in countryside.