Rachel's+home.

I have lived in Atlanta, Georgia since I was born. Atlanta is a very busy city with a lot of traffic and commotion. I feel that it is overpopulated with too many people. Although Atlanta is a very populated city, I love the location where I live because we are able to commute to wherever we want. It is very easy for us to go to the store, get to and from school, the mall, many restaurants, and the hospital. The only important location that is far away is the airport. The area in which I live is relatively safe with many families living in the perimeter.

One issue that has bothered me for a while is the public transportation. We do have a system called MARTA but it only goes to certain destinations in Atlanta. I find that MARTA is not useful and there can be a lot of improvement. Atlanta does attract many tourists from all over. There are some important places in Atlanta that are worth seeing: such as, the CNN center, Georgia Aquarium, Fox Theater, Coca Cola factory, Fern Bank Museum, and fantastic restaurants that are very well known. Compared to New York and Boston, we have “poor” public transportation. When I am older, I don’t think I will live in Georgia. I would like to live in Boston, New York or San Francisco. Currently in Atlanta, there is a lot of crime in only certain areas. Atlanta is known for a high crime city, however in some counties Atlanta is known for high crime.I go to the Weber School, which is a Jewish Private school. There are may security guards surrounding the school which makes the atmosphere more safe. We do have gates that protect the school and in order to enter the school, we have ID badges. Every year at Weber, each grade gets to go to a state in the United States. Last year, we went to New Orleans which was a great experience. When we were there, we did community service after hurricane Katrina. We also got to hear real stories from victims of the hurricane which was very moving. This year we get to go to Boston which I am very excited for. While I am there, I will be meeting up with a camp friend who lives in Boston.

Traveling is one of my favorite things to do. I have been to San Francisco, California, New York, New Orleans, Miami, South Carolina, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Washington D.C. New Jersey, and Colorado. I am very fortunate to have been to all of these places in the Unites States. I enjoy living in the United States and would like to continue to live in the U.S when I am older. I love to live in America and I hope to do so for the rest of my life.