If It Were My Home

Author's Note: Last year, Mrs. Giese gave a seminar about Country Comparison. We used a website called: ifitweremyhome.com. Ashton reminded me of this and so I decided to write an essay comparing the United States to Romania. I focused on sentence fluency.

Have you ever thought what it would be like if you lived in a different country? How much your life would change? If you lived somewhere else, you would never meet some of your friends, you would go to a different school, and possibly even learn another language. That is a lot of change. If you lived in a different country, nothing would be the same.

If you lived in Romania, you would spend 92.98% on health care. In the United States, there is $6,719 USD spent, while in Romania there is only $472 USD. There's a big difference. You would also have a better chance of being employed. The unemployment rate in Romania is 7.6% while in the United States it is 9.3%. Although there are some positive aspects of living in Romania, there are many negative ones that come with them. If you lived in Romania, you would make 75.22% less money, die 5.53 years soon, and have a 3.6 times higher chance of dying in infancy. Both places are nice places to live. Which would you choose?

I would choose to live in the United States. Even though there are some positive aspects to living in Romania, I think that the United States is a better place to live. No other country in the world has the wonderful freedom, opportunities, and safety like our country does. There are brave soldiers who gave their lives to give us this.  Although Romania is nice, there is no other country like the United States.


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