The restoration of old buildings in major cities around the world costs enormous amounts of money. This money would be better spent on providing new housing and road development.

It is common that major cities spend millions of dollars

on

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for

the restoration of old buildings all over the world.

Although

, to some extent, I think that repairing old buildings is beneficial for improving the reputation of cities, I do agree that the majority of a government’s budget should be spent on building new houses and developing infrastructure. Undoubtedly, old buildings are normally the soul of a city, they not only reserve a city’s

culture

but

also

attract tourists. A good example of

this

is Government House in Sydney. It is true that Sydney government has spent a large amount of money on it,

this

building is a crucial

culture

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cultural

asset and helps the public to understand Australia’s identity and

culture

by offering excellent 19th and 20th century furniture, paintings and a botanic garden. Actually, Government House is one of the

first

choices for primary students to understand national history,

culture

as well as various types of plants.

Besides

, as a distinguished

culture

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cultural

heritage site, thousands upon

thousands

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thousand

tourists visit

government house

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the government house

from all over the world every year.

which

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Which

in turn boosts total consumption and the social economy.

However

, I do not support

this

on-going expenditure. Indeed, cities like Sydney have spent multi-millions dollars on repairing or reserving old buildings, which occupy huge spaces but nobody works or lives in there. If

this

money had been spent

instead

on the construction of Sydney light rail

for instance

, it would have been in-effect

last

year, and in turn, traffic issues would have been released in the Sydney CBD.

This

would result that there is

much better life experience

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a much better life experience

than we currently are. Given that some private companies can operate and restore old buildings on behalf of governments as long as the companies can get the benefits from selling tickets, why do not governments transfer their part of responsibilities to them, so that governments can spend more of their budgets on infrastructure development which has

obviously

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obvious

influence

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influenced

on the lives of residents. In conclusion, as everyone love cultural heritage, human’s thirsty on preservation of old buildings

is

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are

unquenchable. It is time,

however

, for private corporations to invest, and for governments to focus on developing infrastructure and residential buildings.