Virtual worlds is the kind of world you want to be in. Everything there is perfect. You're not shy, you can socialize with anybody, youbody is fit, and easy to make money without working hard. The first time I tried virtual world is the game SIMS. On a Facebook app there's an app that you can play SIMS without paying for anything. At first it was interesting. You create this character with your own customization. You can choose any color of your hair, body types, different kind of clothing, you can pick anybody to be your girlfriend or boy friend and you can build your own house. After a while I got bored of it because it's so easy to build a bigger house, buy clothes, get money. There's no drive for me to keep playing this game.
The advantage of virtual worlds is that you can be yourself even more, than being in the real world. You can also relate with other people that's in the virtual world. They are most likely has similar personality of yours. It also let people know how your area of your home looks like. The virtual lower east side is a the actual lower east side area but the online version. There people can chat and socialize. As it says on the "I've Been in That Club, Just Not in Real Life" article by Dave Itzkoff, Mr. Manitoba said, “but it could be a fun, entertaining thing, and if I guess if I lived in Nebraska, I would love to see it.”
The disadvantage of virtual world is that people tend to spend money on intangible things. They would spend on their own "house", new "clothing", and etc. This can get people addicted because it is their fantasy of how living in the real world should be. In the article "No Budget, No Boundaries: It’s the Real You" by Ruth la Ferla it says “Throughout the recession we actually saw an increase in spending,” This is bad for people that is out of jobs or broke. I guess they're really into the virtual world that they forgot about reality.
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