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

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Many people adopt to live in a
house
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, while other people who think or feel
otherwise
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. They believe that living in an
apartment
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has more benefits than the
house
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.
Although
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, living in an
apartment
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has its own benefits,
however
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, a
house
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gives space for children to play and for everyone to enjoy the nature while flats lack
both
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of them. One the one hand,
both
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houses and apartments offer benefits; a
house
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offer freedom to do whatever someone wishes and spacious place to walk around or children to play in backyard or garden.
Similarly
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, a flat or an
apartment
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has advantages
such
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as they are more
secured
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secure
than houses, easy to maintain and manage as compare to
house
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.
On the other hand
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, drawbacks of
both
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living places are considerable. A
house
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is expensive to live in, hard to keep it clean and well settled.
In addition
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to
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
too
little space offered by an
apartement
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
apartment
, there are always privacy and
limition
restricting the scope or freedom of action
limiting
limitation
to do anything in
a
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an
apartment
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.
Although
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both
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houses and flats/apartments have
thier
of them or themselves
their
there
own drawbacks.
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refers to the speaker or writer
I
think houses offer more advantages than an
apartment
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.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • privacy
  • outdoor activities
  • gardening
  • customization options
  • renovate
  • structural changes
  • investments
  • appreciation/depreciation
  • maintenance costs
  • utility costs
  • security features
  • gated entries
  • surveillance systems
  • shared amenities
  • community centers
  • suburban
  • rural areas
  • commutes
  • urban centers
  • public transport
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