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Topic: More people today prefer to live alone in comparison to the past. Do you think it is a positive or a negative development . Give your opinion and relevant examples to support your views.

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In today’s era, living independently has become a trend. A popular stratum of the modern society tends to believe in nuclear family
life
, while ancient people were in support of joint family. I strongly believe that person who live independent
life
 has privacy and normally have
better
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a better life
life
 on
economic front
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the economic front
.
This
 essay will explicate both the
view
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views
 with illustrations.
Firstly
, Economic development has become the major cause of drift of society from joint to nuclear family. People
of
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in
 modern
life
 are more affluent than past,
therefore
individual
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individuals
the individual
 can afford to live alone.
Single person family
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Single person, family
The single person family
The single person family The single person family
certainly need
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certainly needs
 to have a steady income source while, joint families normally have
one
 earner and rest depends on them.
Hence
, per capita income has increased which is a step towards economic growth.
Moreover
, Humans are very impatient they can be provoked
quickly
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quickly, hence
hence
 living individually reduced the chances of conflicts among families. Various
researches
a scientist who devotes himself to doing research
researchers
 around the globe have suggested that single families have fewer issues than extended
one
.
In addition
 to
this
, privacy is imperative for today’s generation, when people live separate from their families they can maintain private space, which is quite difficult in case of extended families.
On the contrary
,
although
 living in joint family is beneficial in terms of economic support, if
one
 person faces financial crunch other
one
 can help,
this
sometimes become
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sometimes becomes
 the major cause of conflicts later on.
Moreover
, Person who
live
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lives
 alone might feel depressed due to loneliness, there might not be anybody to discuss the crucial
life
problems whereas
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problems, whereas
, living in a full family provides various people to discuss the issues. In conclusion, I opine that
although
 big families
provides
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provide
 support sometimes yet, living alone gives you
opportunity
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the opportunity
an opportunity
 to live freely on your terms and people can maintain their healthy relations among relative on account of fewer arguments.
Thus I
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Thus, I
 firmly believe it is a positive development towards
growth
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the growth
 of
economy
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the economy
.
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