Imagine that you are going to visit a new city, which one of the following ways do you think is the best way to know the city in a short time?
1. visit historic sites
2.go to shops and markets
3.enjoy the restaurant and spend time in cafe
When people arrive at a new city, the first thing they want to do is always learning the city, its history, culture, and things of that nature. With various options to familiarize one with a city, there are some debates about which approach is the best one. In my perspective, visiting local restaurants or cafes is the best choice among others such as shopping or visiting historical monuments, by which one can immerse oneself in learning local culture, lifestyle, and even economy.
Spending time in a restaurant or cafe can help a person get a taste about the city's culture. Among the people from all walks of life eating at restaurants, there is something they share in common. Through these similarities, newcomers can sense the customs, values, and lifestyles of natives. My experience in one city is a compelling example to illustrate this. Last summer holiday, I traveled to a metropolis, Shanghai, China. While having meals in the restaurants in Shanghai, I quickly spotted that the majority of people, be it white-collar workers or blue-collar workers, are all moving in a hasty way, rushing to their workplaces. Hardly could I notice that eaters communicated with each other except the simple ordering between waiters and customers, brief greetings among eaters. Thus, it is reasonable to reach the conclusion that people in Shanghai share such values and lifestyles as career-minded and fast-paced. To some extent, these qualities can also reflect the overall culture of the city.
At restaurants, one can also have a sense of the local economy. The price of food ordered by local people can be an indicator of the average income of the city's population. If more people order exorbitant food, in most cases, people dwelling in this area are affluent. Likewise, if the majority of people order food with moderate prices, we can easily reach the conclusion that people there are cautious about the money they spend. Another telltale hint of the local economy is the decoration of the restaurants. If people inhabiting nearby are wealthy, the restaurants will probably try to cater to their taste by deliberately decorating the restaurants from inside to outside. Yet people with low income would not care whether they are eating at a grand building or whatever, because all they want is that the food is worth their money.
It may be argued that historical museums also offer a storehouse of information about an area's culture and customs. However, from the antiques displayed in the museum, the information is limited to the scope of the past. Only can visitors grasp some implications of the past in shaping the modern life of the city. Shopping in a supermarket cannot provide a comprehensive angle for newcomers to know the local economy since it is almost certain that most commodities are sold at a reasonable price. Moreover, as a traveler or newcomer, a person neither wants nor needs to go shopping. Thus, it will not be convenient for anyone who wants to learn about a city to go to a market especially.
To conclude, considering that eating at a local restaurant or café can offer newcomers a better opportunity to learn about a place’s culture, lifestyle, and economy, it is evident that going to a restaurant is the best means to learn about a city.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Consider replacing "in a hasty way" with adverb for "hasty"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
... or blue-collar workers, are all moving in a hasty way, rushing to their workplaces. Hardly co...
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Line 4, column 90, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'areas'' or 'area's'?
Suggestion: areas'; area's
...er a storehouse of information about an areas culture and customs. However, from the ...
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Line 4, column 690, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...ut a city to go to a market especially. To conclude, considering that eating at ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, however, if, likewise, may, moreover, so, thus, well, while, such as, in most cases
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 24.0 15.1003584229 159% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 15.0 9.8082437276 153% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 13.8261648746 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 11.0286738351 127% => OK
Pronoun: 36.0 43.0788530466 84% => OK
Preposition: 86.0 52.1666666667 165% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 8.0752688172 62% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2731.0 1977.66487455 138% => OK
No of words: 550.0 407.700716846 135% => OK
Chars per words: 4.96545454545 4.8611393121 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.84273464058 4.48103885553 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.8141443219 2.67179642975 105% => OK
Unique words: 271.0 212.727598566 127% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.492727272727 0.524837075471 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 884.7 618.680645161 143% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.51630824373 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 10.0 9.59856630824 104% => OK
Article: 5.0 3.08781362007 162% => OK
Subordination: 7.0 3.51792114695 199% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 1.86738351254 268% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 11.0 4.94265232975 223% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.6003584229 126% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.1344086022 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.3132272184 48.9658058833 101% => OK
Chars per sentence: 105.038461538 100.406767564 105% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.1538461538 20.6045352989 103% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.69230769231 5.45110844103 68% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 5.5376344086 54% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 16.0 11.8709677419 135% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.85842293907 52% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.88709677419 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.161716914685 0.236089414692 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0408055337894 0.076458572812 53% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0533997802136 0.0737576698707 72% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0927231062092 0.150856017488 61% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0430848257412 0.0645574589148 67% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.6 11.7677419355 107% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 50.16 58.1214874552 86% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.10430107527 144% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 10.1575268817 113% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.55 10.9000537634 106% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.64 8.01818996416 108% => OK
difficult_words: 138.0 86.8835125448 159% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.002688172 135% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.0537634409 103% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.247311828 117% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.