A rise in the standard of living in a country often only seems to benefits cities rather than rural areas. What problems might this differences cause? How might these problems be reduced?

The gap in the standard of living between cities and rural areas have been

widening

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widened

as a byproduct of

economical

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economic

progress made in any country.

This

trend has given rise to quite a few problems, which can be

accordingly

solved. Several acute problems can come up due to the growing inequality between urban and rural areas. The

first

to be mentioned is the unplanned and uncontrolled sprawling of urban development. City planners are finding it harder and harder to

accomodate

be agreeable or acceptable to

accommodate

an increasing number of people who leaves their towns and villages. Forcibly, those people are subject to appalling living conditions in the outskirts of cities. No better method to alleviate

this

problem could be devised rather than to shift the economic focus and channel more governmental fund from big cities to rural areas.

This

money could be spent on raising the number of enterprises located in less

priviledged

blessed with privileges

privileged

parts of the country and public facilities to increase people’s comfort of life. Job opportunities provided can act as an incentive to hold dwellers of rural areas in their places of origin.

This

method can be able to “kill two birds with one stone” as it does not only make economic sense in the countryside.

Moreover

, urbanization can take place in a more sustainable pace and a country, as a whole, will benefit greatly. The issue of economic imbalance between rural and city areas can bring large-scale and long-term adverse impacts to the society. The good news is

this

is not an insurmountable problem, were more priority to be given to the development of rural areas.