then moved to a big city‚ so I have experienced the good and bad sides of both. I never thought that I would like living in a big city‚ but I was wrong. After ten years of living in one‚ I can’t imagine ever living in a small town again. Small towns and big cities both have some problems in te1ms of transpmtation. In a small town‚ you have to own a car to ensure a comfmtable living. You can’t get around without one because there isn’t any kind of public transpmtation. Big cities generally have heavy
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Forbidden City Guide Forbidden City (Chinese: 紫禁城 pinyin: Zǐjinchéng)‚ also known as the Palace Museum‚ was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing Emperors. It served as a home for the emperors and their families‚ a ceremonial hall‚ and political hub for Chinese rule. Located at the center of Beijing‚ China‚ the Forbidden City is definitely worth seeing when traveling to Beijing. This rectangular-shaped palace is 3‚153 ft (961 meters) long and 2‚470 ft (753 meters) wide. There are 980
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‘It’s Not My Fault That It’s Default’ By Georgia Mitchell When you sit down in front of the television on Friday night and think about what you are going to watch‚ you should definitely consider the hilarious British sitcom‚ My Family. This modern day sitcom is based around the lives of an average‚ middle-class English family and their day-to-day experiences. The program is set within an enclosed world which changes between the Harper’s residence and a dental surgery. The funny and opinionated
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would rather live in the city‚ in the suburbs‚ or in the country. Nowadays‚ when our modern society is developing incessantly‚ more and more people from other areas move to live and work in big cities each year‚ especially the young. In spite of noises and pollution‚ people in the city still believe that the modern and busy life here is the wonderful dream of most of them. The reason is that they will have many chances to get large benefits and advantages when living in the city‚ including three typical
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as though Jim lost the world and does not care to return to it. At this point‚ the reader begins to pity Jim‚ wanting to comfort him while adding to the setting "in a little room‚ scarcely larger than the bed that held me‚ and the window-shade at my head was flapping softly in a warm wind‚" (Cather 14). Once awaken in his grandparents’
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world-class cities effectively? In the past few years‚ some international newspapers ranked Hong Kong as a world-class city in Asia. Once the result has been announced‚ it always arouses the discussion in the public. What qualities have been used by those newspapers when they are ranking the cities? Some scholars may suggest such qualities include affordable medical care‚ cultural activities‚ equal opportunities‚ good education‚ a fair legal system‚ and a good social welfare system. From my points of
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how people are related to the city. The parts of the city that were built by the people who live there shows the relationship between the city and the residents. In the reading Why Aren’t Our Cities Like That? by Witold Rybczynski‚ he spends time explaining how Montreal and other cities in the United States are different than Paris and other European cities. He says how Montreal has individual houses and has a commercial district. The people of Montreal built the city with what they wanted inside
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Willa Cather‚ an American author‚ achieved much recognition on her frontier works. She earned much acknowledgement in her work of My Antonia. Raised on a primitive farm in Nebraska‚ Cather uses her experiences of the landscape to transform the senses of her readers. Cather demonstrates her ability to capture the feeling of the prairie at the end of the “Hired Girls.” (“Presently we saw… somewhere on the prairie.” Page 146-147) Not only is this scene an important image of the moment‚ but the representation
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Bibliography: Records from the City Budget Office‚ 2004 Records from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group‚ PNP-DCPO‚ 2004 Records from the Philippine National Police-Davao City Police Office‚ 2006 Records from the Davao City Investment Promotion Center‚ 2006 Records from the Philippine Port Authority‚ 2005 Records from the National Statistical Coordination Board Regional
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in Davao City TOPIC DISCUSSION: Urban housing is a worldwide need‚ especially urgent in rapidly growing cities of the developing world‚ evident in unplanned and informal communities. These are examples of the informal sector housing – often described as squatter settlements or “slums” – that represent latent assets and the basis of urban solutions (Bhatt‚ 2004). In Davao City‚ the increasing number of informal settlers can be attributed to the rapid urbanization in the city. As a result
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