For prime training I'd prefer the high wing Cessna. Even better, if it suits your needs, to train in an ultralight (aka as a microlight to some): more affordable, better availability if only for the less stringent aerodrome requirements. Types like the C42 Ikaros are abundant, and to small wonder.
PS the remarks by GtE are more than worth reading, and careful consideration.
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It is wider.
And a Eurofox (to name just one) is wider still.