The Ideosyncrasies of Rural Living, Urban Leaving

Living in a rural area can be a thrill for people in urban areas. You get to experience a variety of things which can be said to be quite rich experiences. One never gets to get a feel of those in urban and suburban regions. However, with time in typical third world countries, rural areas are being neglected by the governments in several aspects thus leading to some prolonged problems which lead to several hardships for the rural people. Also, the inherent nature of the rural life excludes some things from the life of people there. These all together form the idiosyncrasies of rural living.

Being in a village you get to experience a life closer to nature, a life nearer to what it was supposed to be when created. The first thing that you associate with nature is the presence of trees and shrubs and a lot of greenery. And that's what you'll get in abundance in rural areas. This invites other members of nature like birds and animals to keep their habitat thus retaining a classic pleasant environment. The rivers, streams, lakes etc. in a rural area are more often not polluted. Hence you can take a dip into the waters and enjoy swimming. If there is a waterfall then taking a bath under it is a wonderful experience. Swimming in a river and bathing under a waterfall is a different feeling altogether, it is hard to imagine for anyone who hasn't ever seen anything other than a swimming pool.

The life in general is laid back. Things like catching a local train on time, meeting deadlines, achieving targets etc. are by no means a part of this picture. People sleep early, wake up early, work on farms whole day and that again tires them up enough to fall asleep early. Most people have cattle and hence milking the cow or taking a herd to graze in the meadows is a daily chore for a lot of people. Most people's primary occupation is farming. Even when it is something else, more often than not it is something related to the primary needs of a man, thereby keeping the whole thing within the scope of simplicity. Getting fruits fresh from the trees, farm fresh vegetables and fresh milk from a cow that was milked 10 minutes ago aren't unfamiliar things for rural people. Also, things like being woken up by the crowing of a rooster at the crack of dawn and feeling the arrival of spring by hearing the singing of a cuckoo are usual things. Overall, the quality of life is very good.

However, rural areas don't fetch as much revenue to the governments as much as urban areas do. And hence in typical third world countries rural areas are neglected by the governments in providing basic amenities. There isn't provision for proper and ample water supply and neither are there good schools in a lot of villages. The pollution caused by the industrialization in urban areas is making the rainfall uncertain affecting the farmers first and foremost but with absence of proper water supply the farmers find it difficult to irrigate their lands. Also, in rural areas, jobs fetching a steady income aren't as easily available as they are in cities and businesses too are limited by a very small turnover. The skills required to successfully manage these things can be acquired in the urban areas only. Living in rural areas and small towns deprives people of any guidance from experts in fields like music, painting, sculpture, theatre etc. because good quality teachers either live in or move to big cities. Because of all these factors, a lot or rural youth moves to urban areas and permanently settles there. Also, saturation of industries in urban areas is making them to look for new areas for expansion which often are rural areas. And this is turning rural areas into semi-urban and urban areas at a galloping pace. This surely translates into death of rural areas. Unfortunately, it will happen unless something is done on a mass scale to preserve the difference in urban and rural living.