In the past, people used to travel abroad to look many differences from their home country. Nowadays, cities throughout the world are becoming more and more similar. What are the reasons? Is this a positive or negative development?

It is true that in contemporary society, there are no longer

many

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any

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noticable

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noticeable

notable

differences among distinguished

cities

around the globe,

while

in the past, people were extremely keen on

traveling

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travelling

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to discover new features that their regions did not possess. In my opinion,

this

tendency can be explained in various ways and it may bring about both negative and positive consequences. There are two main reasons why cross-country

cities

are becoming the same.

Firstly

, developing nations have adopted a great number of architectural styles from their developed counterparts in order to create a modern appearance. To exemplify

this

, Vietnamese people used to build traditional stilt houses for

accomodation

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accommodation

but these days, they are more likely to be interested in foreign designs

such

as French

villa

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.

Secondly

, international cuisine has

also

integrated

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been integrated

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in

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every country.

Therefore

, visitors often see several restaurants serving their home country’s food when travelling to other parts of the world. On the one hand, acculturation can be positive to some extent. It is obvious that nowadays, immigrants can quickly adapt to a new living environment compared to

various

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difficulties they

had

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to encounter

formerly

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.

For example

, when settling in Korea, my Japanese friend has found using

subway

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the subway

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rather easy because she

was

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accustomed to it since living in Japan.

On the other hand

, the similarities among

cities

across the world can be considered from an opposite angle. The development of those

cities

’ tourism industry might be gradually decelerated

due to

the lack of cultural uniqueness. Particularly, there will be a significant decline in the number of foreign visitors coming to each nation. In conclusion, in

this

day and age, numerous

cities

in

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different continents have certain characteristics in common, but not all of the outcomes resulting from

this

phenomenon have been positive.