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"The restoration of old buildings in major cities around the world costs governments billions of dollars while this money should have been used for new housing and road development." To what extent do you agree or disagree to this statement?

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Many governments around the world are running plans to restore old
buildings
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is
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 their major cities.
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, lots of
people
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 think that
this
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 money should be used to upgrade and create new infrastructure, like roads or new housing areas. I completely agree with
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 statement. Of course, there are certain benefits to
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 old
buildings
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, especially those in major cities. First of all, if the
buildings
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 chosen to be restored carry some significant cultural representation,
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 I believe we should try to restore as many of them as possible. We need to keep these
buildings
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 to educate younger generations
of
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 the architecture of older times.
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, if the
buildings
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’ inner structures are able to accommodate
people
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, I believe it would be more cost-effective to restore old
buildings
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 than to build new ones.
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 will help the government to save the budget to use for other purposes.
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, there are still reasons why I think that the restoration of old
buildings
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 is a waste of money. To developing
countries
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 whose budgets are still limited and their infrastructure
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 still yet to be developed, they should focus more on upgrading roads and building new residential areas.
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 is because, in these
countries
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, the number of
people
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 migrating to major cities in search of jobs is still ever-increasing.
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, the top priority of these
countries
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 should be to accommodate these
people
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.
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, no matter how one restores a building, it would not be on par with a
newly-built
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 one. I believe there is no point in forcing
people
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 to live in a restored building if there
is
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 enough economic resources to build a new one. In conclusion,
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 I believe that the restoration of old
buildings
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 is of cultural importance to protect the heritage of a country, I think that, especially
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 developing
countries
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, it is more crucial to improve the infrastructure first.
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Structure your answers in logical paragraphs

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A strong argument essay structure can be split up into 4 paragraphs, each containing 4 sentences (except the conclusion paragraph, which only contains 3 sentences).

Stick to this essay structure:

  • Paragraph 1 - Introduction
  • Paragraph 2 - First supporting paragraph
  • Paragraph 3 - Second supporting paragraph
  • Paragraph 4 - Conclusion

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