Since the age of five, I have lived in the rural town of Greenfield, Iowa. Greenfield has taught me many important experiences about life in the past thirteen years, but nothing compared to what I have encountered in the past six weeks of living in Maryville, Missouri. Although both towns are wonderful places to live, Maryville has many more educational, cultural, and occupational opportunities.
Greenfield’s educational program extends through high school, but after high school the best opportunity in Greenfield is to find a job or move to a different town where there is a college. After high school most intellectual students pick a college that they feel suits them for what they want to accomplish. Having no more ed
The town of Greenfield is at least 97 percent Caucasian. Out of 319 students that attended Greenfield High School my senior year, only three were not white. Many students that
There are approximately six or seven large companies that employ about 75 percent of the working people who live in Greenfield. Apart from those companies, the remaining 25 percent of Greenfield residents work at grocery stores, convenience stores, and for the town.
Maryville is more of a diverse town, mostly due to the fact that many of the students who attend Northwest Missouri State University come from many different ethnic backgrounds. I believe that this has taught me a lot about the differences between various cultures and the way people act and think. Interac
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