Make a report on countryside (a village) and city
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People living in rural areas of Britain are more optimistic about the future and happier about their quality of life than people in cities and towns, a new survey has found.
The Countryside Living Index carried out to record how people feel about their lives, found that the satisfaction ratings of people living in the countryside leapt by 10.7 per cent between the first and second quarters of 2013, with their views about the cost of living, education and crime all improving.
Meanwhile confidence about jobs and the economy fell 3.8 per cent in urban areas.
People in both rural and urban areas said that they felt more optimistic about health, education and the environment, but the positive change was much more pronounced among country-dwellers than city inhabitants.
People from urban areas also said that they were increasingly more worried about crime than those in the countryside and overall the rise in perceived quality of life was three times higher in the countryside than in the cities.
Tim Price, rural affairs specialist at NFU Mutual, who carried out the study, said: 'The recession made life in the countryside very tough for many people, so it’s great news to see concerns about the cost of living easing.
'Over the last two years we have seen firms struggle to stay afloat. We think that many have only managed to survive thanks to innovative management combined with measures such as freezing fuel duty and support for small and medium-sized enterprises.
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