Expository Essay Use the Unit 1 foldable to write an essay that answers the Big Idea question, “How does where you live affect how you live?” Begin with an introduction. Do you know how where you live affects how you live? (To avoid repetition you could say something like - Have you ever thought about how your life is affected by where you live?) I’ve learned the relationship between the environment and society in previous chapters. I would like to summarize them into three main aspects to explain how where you live affects how you live. First, the size of your community will deeply affect how you live. In urban areas, the greater population leads to many tall buildings being close together. It’s always busy, noisy, and crowded. There are more work opportunities and more fun to be had. Stores and all kinds of services are convenient. But people have less personal space. For instance, you can’t expect to keep a horse in an urban area. Furthermore, driving a car is not really necessary. People can travel by public transportation. In suburban areas, houses and stores are further apart than in a city. It’s less crowded. People need vehicles to get around. In my opinion, a suburb is a “diluted urban area”. You can pretty much get the same things you can get in a city, you just need to travel a little further or take more time to get what you want. But surely, living in a real house is way better than living in a condo in the city. In a rural community, the population can be really low. There are farms and ranches far apart. People there often have to drive a long way to another community to get their supplies. Your best friend might live ten miles away. But on the other hand, people have huge personal space. You can keep a pet a dragon (haha!) in your barn, or kick off your own rock concert at midnight, and no one would complain.