Athens had an amazing economy. According to the article, they absolutely dominated the trade power of the mediterranean sea. This means that Athens had a better look on trade and economics than Its brutal counterpart Sparta.
Athens also had a much better climate and nicer weather than Sparta. The text states that Athens had a meiterranean climate with great ammounts of precipitation, whereas Sparta had a temperate climate with very little precipitation. The information on the ammount of precipitation goes to show that Athens had a much nicer climate and was a nicer place to live in