please help me with my debate topic !?

Question

my topic is that rural life beats urban life every time. i have loads of points about noise pollution and pollution and house prices and community and safety and everything but my teacher says that i need to have statistics and proven facts and quotations etc. and i cant find anything..!!!Please help!!!!!!!!!!!

sorry i forgot to say that it kinda has to do with ireland!

Answer 1

Here is a site that gives some statistics about crime:
http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/ncrj/rural_crime_facts.htm

Answer 2

Rural life in the early twenty-first century is increasingly difficult to differentiate from urban life. Rural families make frequent trips to town to shop, attend church, and go to school. Many states have sponsored initiatives to extend Internet services into the country. With the proliferation of household goods and appliances, cable TV, and satellite dishes, there is little distinction between an urban home and a country home among families of similar economic standing. Rural residents wear the same clothes and eat the same foods as urbanites. Interestingly, some affluent families and retirees have begun acquiring country homes to escape the big city and to rediscover the slower pace and quieter way of life that they associate with America's rural past.

Answer 3

Try these websites:

Commentary: Beyond urban–rural comparisons: towards a life course ...
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rural, for each year of life staring from birth to the time of data. collection. ... sample of urban and rural dwellers against educational and ...
ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/dyh161v1.pdf -

Social Interactions, Health and the Quality of Life in Urban and ...
Social Interactions, Health and the Quality of Life in Urban and Rural Areas ... Pelling, M. (1999), Shoring up against hard times: social vulnerability and ...
www.socialcapitalgateway.org/NV-eng-povertyquality.htm -