Iprefercitytocountrysidebecausethelifeincityattractsmemore.Iwasbornincity,soI'musedtothestyleofcity.Citylifeisnotonlybusy,butalsointeresting.First,shoppingisquiteconvenientinthecity.Weareabletobuyallwewant.WecanevenbuythingsbyphoneandInternet.Ontheotherhand,thetrafficinthecityismorecomfortablethanthatinthecountryside.Wecangotoeverywherebybus,taxi,undergroundandsoon.Andthenightviewofcityisprettynice.ThesearethereasonswhyIenjoythecity.我喜欢住在城市因为城市生活更吸引我.我出生在城市,所以我习惯了城市风格.城市生活不仅繁忙,而且有趣.首先,在城市购物非常便捷.我们可以买到所有我们想买的.我们甚至可以通过电话和网络购物.另一方面,城市交通比郊区的更舒适.我们可以乘坐公交车、出租车、地铁等等到任何地方.而且城市夜晚的景色也相当迷人.这些就是为什么我喜欢城市的原因.

　　郊区化亦称郊区城市化.指当代特大城市因人口和各种职能迅速向郊区扩散转移,从而使郊区变为具有市区多种职能的城市化地域的过程.其根本原因是急速膨胀的城市人口超过市区地域的负荷容量,致使城市内部土地利用紧张,交通拥挤,居住和环境条件恶化；而郊区空间开阔,高速公路、地下铁道等现代化交通工具和设施,为移居提供了方便.

　　Ifby"suburb"ismeantanurbanmarginthatgrowsmorerapidlythanitsalreadydevelopedinterior,theprocessofsuburbanizationbeganduringtheemergenceoftheindustrialcityinthesecondquarterofthenineteenthcentury.Beforethatperiodthecitywasasmallhighlycompactclusterinwhichpeoplemovedaboutonfootandgoodswereconveyedbyhorseandcart.Buttheearlyfactoriesbuiltinthe1840’swerelocatedalongwaterwaysandnearrailheadsattheedgesofcities,andhousingwasneededforthethousandsofpeopledrawnbytheprospectofemployment.Intime,thefactoriesweresurroundedbyproliferatingmilltownsofapartmentsandrowhousesthatabuttedtheolder,maincities.Asadefenseagainstthisencroachmentandtoenlargetheirtaxbases,thecitiesappropriatedtheirindustrialneighbors.In1854,forexample,thecityofPhiladelphiaannexedmostofPhiladelphiaCounty.SimilarmunicipalmaneuverstookplaceinChicagoandinNewYork.Indeed,mostgreatcitiesoftheUnitedStatesachievedsuchstatusonlybyincorporatingthecommunitiesalongtheirborders.

　　Withtheaccelerationofindustrialgrowthcameacuteurbancrowdingandaccompanyingsocialstress-conditionsthatbegantoapproachdisastrousproportionswhen,in1888,thefirstcommerciallysuccessfulelectrictractionlinewasdeveloped.Withinafewyearsthehorse-drawntrolleyswereretiredandelectricstreetcarnetworkscrisscrossedandconnectedeverymajorurbanarea,fosteringawaveofsuburbanizationthattransformedthecompactindustrialcityintoadispersedmetropolis.Thisfirstphaseofmass-scalesuburbanizationwasreinforcedbythesimultaneousemergenceoftheurbanMiddleClass,whosedesiresforhomeownershipinneighborhoodsfarfromtheaginginnercityweresatisfiedbythedevelopersofsingle-familyhousingtracts.