Some people prefer to live in a house, while others feel that there is more advantage to living in an apartment. Are there more advantages than disadvantages of living in a house compared with living in an apartment?

In big business cities there are two options available for the type of accommodation: houses and apartment. Some people
prefere
like better; value more highly
prefer
preferred
to live in apartments and some like to live in houses. In big business cities, where almost everyone
is going
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goes
out daily for work or study,
apartments
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the apartments
provide a much more comfortable and safe way of living. The advantages include the fact that there is one key and lock they have to take care of, and
also
the sense of being a part of a big family. Usually a guard sits at the main gate, so children can play around in the compound with their
next
door friends.
In addition
, not much daily cleaning is required
in
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at
apartments as no staircase has to be clean, which is a difficult task-all
house
wives know it very well. But a key advantage is that it is safe to go on vacation for a long trip.
On the other hand
, houses have their own attraction for its inhabitants. Garden lovers usually
prefere
like better; value more highly
prefer
houses as they can have their own garden. It is
also
easy to keep a pet, especially a dog in a
house
because
dog
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a dog
dogs
the dog
can play around the garden. If someone is interested in
maintaing
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maintaining
maintain
cars himself, it can only be possible in houses where one can have his own garage. Where people are sometimes much more concerned about their privacy, living in apartments can be very difficult for them. It may
also
be the case that someone is not able to deal with other people,
for instance
next
door
neighboures
a person who lives (or is located) near another
neighbours
neighbour's
neighbour
, and
than
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
then
house
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a house
can be a
best
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good
better
choice for
such
people.
However
, sometimes houses can be a bad choice for low income people.
Maintaing
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Maintain
Maintaining
a big
house
and running it properly can be a problem
for
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in
such
cases. At the end, I must say both options can be good or bad, depending on the personal considerations. But from my point of view, I must say apartments seem a gift of modern way of life which is not common in my home town.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • privacy
  • maintenance costs
  • upkeep
  • amenities
  • security
  • lock-and-leave lifestyle
  • commute
  • affordable
  • shared walls
  • suburbs
  • outdoor area
  • restrictions
  • responsibilities
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