Good Essay On Living In My Old Neighborhood Versus The Present One

I have enjoyed the pleasure of living in two neighborhoods over the past five years and saying that they were as different as any two neighborhoods could be wouldn’t make me wrong. For this very reason, the transition from the Ukrainian village in Chicago to a very different neighborhood in Ericson, Minneapolis was as hard as an individual could imagine, but there was something different to enjoy in both places, and it would be unfair to rank one part of the country over the other. I also believe that a comparison is unfair for while the neighborhood that we used to live in was closer to the life that one could imagine in a moderately paced city while the current neighborhood in Ericson is a life close to nature.
The first difference was the way people interact with one another in the two places. In the Ukrainian village, the people mostly preferred to stay at a distance from each other. So smiling at someone while taking the metro or helping with the groceries used to strike up gratitude and on occasion suspicion in people. It seemed like the people in the Ukrainian village were very much appreciative of their privacy. Things, however, are the complete opposite in Ericson. People seem to enjoy staying close to one another. Staying in touch with the neighbors and being up to date on the activities that go on in the city is in no way out of the ordinary for us.
The second point where the two neighborhoods vary is the architecture. There is an equal amount of history in both parts of the US but seeing these two neighborhoods, we feel how different the house and the streets are from one another. The houses are a little closer together and having a front or a back garden seems like an indulgence in the area of Chicago. The houses there are mostly concrete, and wood is only used to beautify the interior. Looking into the
the architecture of the present neighborhood, however, the story is a bit different. This particular vicinity is a blend of wooden house and concrete, and people seem to indulge in the luxury of gardening more often than not.
Yet another difference and the most pronounced if I might say is the lifestyle that people entertain in the two very different parts of the states. In Chicago, people mostly work and go to the bars or gaming arenas in their free time, and they are more in touch with technology. In Minneapolis however, there is a lot of natural beauty and people make full use of that and indulge more in outdoor sports and games and spend less amount of time indoors. Here, games typically soccer and volley ball have become our foremost medium of entertainment and PlayStations, and our Xboxes are the gadgets that we don’t turn towards as often. Our hangouts are more focused on activities like visiting the lake and going biking, and this is one positive change that we have made in our lives which we are also quite exultant towards making.
As I mentioned earlier, these two neighborhoods are poles apart from one another and the activities that we used to indulge in while in Chicago are not part of our lives anymore. We sometimes miss some aspects of our lives while we lived in the Ukrainian village however, there are also a few perks that we have enjoyed quite a lot since moving to Ericson and once we were done making the emotional change, this part of our lives has become what we have learnt to very much appreciate and enjoy.