Miami Compare And Contrast Essay

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"The city flourished initially, and rather modesty, as a tourist center and retirement colony…" Beverley & Houston (Page 20). The perfect thing about Tokyo and Miami is something that I can't compare, it's the cultural and ethnic diversity. The fact that we can find people from every part of the world, from Spain to Venezuela. It is important to be objective about the thing that makes the life qualities better when we compare them both. Each of the cities has their differences for the good and the bad, this will be established further in the essay. It is to be known that those differences make each city develop in different ways to be able to adapt to its citizens. Japan is a mix of the modern era with Asian history. Meanwhile in Miami has …show more content…
It is part of the culture for the senior kids from elementary school’s cooks for the others. Also in their houses, it is well known to have their fringe full of a different kind of vegetable. Miami on the other hand, it's not mandatory to take a cooking class, in fact, many schools do not offer that. Also Miami there is fast food on every single corner. Even though we try to maintain a healthy diet, work and school force a lifestyle that it's not good for our health. Even though Tokyo is a busy city people try to take food from home or eat at healthier restaurants. Although in Tokyo is normal to eat healthily, they do not have a diversity of foods. In Miami people can learn a little about each country's food meanwhile in Tokyo is more closeminded. In summary, most of the things that encountered in this essay are established by cultural differences. In Tokyo, the cost of living is lower with a greater salary while in Miami is the total opposite. The main transportation in Tokyo in the train since it is faster and more efficient, yet in Miami people opt to use the car. Even though in Japan have many restaurants, the diversity is not as wide as in

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