Two Cities

    The Taipei is similarly to Seattle. They are both near by the ocean and mountains. They are also business, technology, and science cities. However, there are three differences between two cities, such as weather, population, and traffic. I will describe what difference at following paragraphs.


    First, Taipei’s weather is hot and humid. People who live in this city almost have an air conditioning system in their apartments. Some big apartment or house has more than two air conditioning systems. Even in winter time the temperature usually high than 60 degree. However, the Seattle weather is cold and rainy. The average temperature also lowers than Taipei.

    Second, the population also difference. The Taipei is a capital and biggest city in Taiwan. There are more than 2.5 millions people work and live in this city. The Seattle also the biggest city in Washington State but the population is lower than Taipei. There are 700 thousands people work and live in this city. The Taipei population is 3 times of Seattle population.

    Finally, the two cities all have busy traffic. The two cities both have bus system for resident. However, there are several different traffic systems between two cities. In Seattle, people use to drive car or take bus to go outside. In Taipei, People use to ride motorcycle, take Mass Rapid Transit, and take Taiwan High Speed Rail to go out side. I just a few chance can see rider ride motorcycle on the road in Seattle. On another hand, there are a lot of people ride motorcycles on the road in Taiwan. Sometimes I feel Taipei traffic is dangerous than Seattle.

    In conclusion, the two cities have some similarly such as near by the ocean and mountains, business, technology, and science cities. However, they also have three different: weather, population, and traffic. I like live in Seattle because I don’t like hot weather and dangerous traffic.