California Compare And Contrast Essay

Have you ever noticed that not every city or town is the same? I have lived in Hillman, Michigan almost my entire life, but for two years I lived in San Diego, California. Over time, as I get older, I can see the similarities and differences between each place. Even though Michigan and California do have similarities I feel that they have more differences. One of those major differences between the two places would be the weather. When we moved out to San Diego I was about five or six at that time so weather and seasons were not a concern to me. I know that it was summer when we left so it was warm. This is how it stayed for the next two years. It felt like I was stuck in summer and that was fine by me. There it was almost always warm and with the occasional rain, same with Michigan in the summer. With Hillman, everything except summer is different. Fall and winter especially. It is just so much colder and we have the addition of having snow and hail. …show more content…
Most people who I have met in Hillman have closed minds and are not really open to suggestion or change. For example, when I was younger I dyed my hair. Not a crazy bright color but just like a dark maroon and mostly older people would give me dirty looks for it. This also happened when I got a short pixie haircut. In San Diego or in cities in general this would have been normal and common. In San Diego people tend to have a more open mind-set. This is because there are more people and they are not all the same. They have more “types” of people out there than in a small town of six hundred people. But people can still be the same depending on who you meet. If you move to a new place you will still see some of the same stereotypes. Same person with a different name, this will not