You may be living in a very small town, may be in a very big city, a semi-urban settlement or a village. • Describe the place where you live. • What are the features, which make you think it is a town and not a city, a village and not a town, or a city and not a village? • Is there any factory where you live? • Is agriculture the main job that people do? • Is it the occupational nature that has a determining influence? • Is it the buildings? • Is it the availability of educational opportunities? • Is it the way people live and behave? • Is it the way people talk and dress?
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• It is a city. The features that make it so are –
It has large number of population
It has a population composed of people from various cultural backgrounds
The residents have a broad mind set
It is well connected with transport system
It is all the modernised facilities in terms of Medical and education
• There are large no. of industries in Ghaziabad.
• No, agriculture is not the main job here
♦ All of the above mentioned things influence the city
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The place where I live:
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I live in Delhi, the Capital of India. Delhi is a populous city, which boasts of highrise buildings, urban population that is well educated. I live in the southern part of Delhi. A large section of this part of the metropolitan city is engaged in tertiary or secondary activities, which is a source of their income. This part of Delhi is well planned, however, it is highly populated.
The features, which make me think it is as a city and not a village:
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The following factors make it a city:
a) The city is well planned
b) The population is largely urban, well educated
c) It is also densely populated, touching about 20 million
d) The city dwellers are dependent on secondary and tertiary activities to earn an income
e) The city boasts of good infrastructure shared by people
f) It has multiple municipalities and jurisdictions
Factories in my place:
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Yes, there are a number of factories around where I live. Here, good, such as paper, plastic and steel are manufactured. Factories give employment to people on a large scale and lead to development, but also are a major contributor of pollution.
Agriculture - the main job:
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Though in some parts of Delhi, people are involved in primary activities like agriculture and farming, however, people are mostly engaged in secondary and tertiary activities. Secondary activities include manufacturing, industries shipbuilding, construction, Tertiary activities, however, refers to the service sector, such as medical services, healthcare, education etc,
The occupational nature has a determining influence:
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Yes, occupational nature of people has a big influence on Delhi being identifies as a city. Since people are mostly involved in secondary and tertiary activities, higher facilities are available, there are higher income slabs, better infrastructure. At the same time, educational levels are higher than in a town or village.
Buildings in my city:
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Yes, the highrise buildings that are apartments, schools, hospitals or offices make it into a developed city where there are large number of facilities and luxuries available at one’s fingertips.
Availability of educational opportunities:
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Because the educational opportunities are easily available and accessible, people are well educated and belong to higher income slabs raising the development and income levels of the city while also adding to the facilities and luxuries available at one’s fingertips.
People's way of living and behaving:
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Since the income levels and education levels are higher with more facilities and luxuries easily available, people are urban.
People's way of talking and dressing:
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Yes, the population of English speaking citizens in Delhi is high. Since it is a developed city with luxuries and facilities, people are more westernised in the way they talk, dress and behave. Their outlooks are also broader as a result of their education.