In many cities, young people prefer shopping as a form of leisure activity. Why do you think this happens? Is it a positive or negative development?

There are different ways in which we can use our free
time
,
such
as
excercising
the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
exercising
, hiking or reading a book. Recently, more and more young people living in big cities are enjoying
to spend
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spending
their free
time
shopping in shopping
centers
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
centres
.
Although
I do think people should spend their free
time
as they see fit, I do not think it is a
positivie
characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
positive
development
to
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for
in
of
our society. In my opinion, the main reason why people prefer shopping
nowdays
the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
nowadays
is because
recieving
get something; come into possession of
receiving
a present, regardless of who bought it, makes us feel special and unique. When we buy a new present,
whthere
introduces two alternatives
whether
it is a shirt or a hat, people feel that today is a special day, and that increase the sense of happiness and enjoyment. To Illustrate
this
, a new research done
in
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at
Harvard University performed
brain MRI
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a brain MRI
on people after buying a new pair of shoes. The research showed that the same areas which are in charge of happiness and excitement where active after
recieving
get something; come into possession of
receiving
the present, explaining why people spend more and more free
time
shopping. Unfortunately, I do not think spending
time
shopping is a good way to spend the limited free
time
most people have, and I believe it is a negative
developmet
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
development
for our
sociaty
an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization
society
. Free
time
should focus on doing something different from our daily
activites
any specific behavior
activities
, and broaden our lives. When a person
is spending
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spends
most of his day in the big city, surrounded by buildings, I believe he should change his environment and go hiking,
for example
. By doing so, he will learn to enjoy all
part
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parts
of our country and taste different surroundings before going back to his daily
envoironment
the totality of surrounding conditions
environment
. In conclusion, Shopping is a form of leisure
to
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for
many people as it
cause
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causes
them to feel unique and
heppy
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
happy
. Regardless, I
truely
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
truly
believe people should spend their free
time
by changing their surrounding and
seing
having vision, not blind
seeing
other parts of the country.
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  • disposable income
  • leisure activity
  • retail therapy
  • local economies
  • fashion trends
  • peer pressure
  • social status
  • environmental impact
  • consumption
  • waste
  • materialistic
  • cultural activities
  • prominent
  • neglect
  • therapeutic
  • social media influence
  • boost
  • desire
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