In many cities today, most people live in large apartment blocks. Does this kind of accomodation have more advantages or disadvantages? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.

The population is increasing day by day, which means that people need a large land for building houses and flat. Nowadays, people prefer to stay in large
apartment
blocks rather than in houses.
However
, there are some advantages and disadvantages of living in an
apartment
. The most general advantage people get from living in an
apartment
is the easy access to go anywhere especially in the middle of town.
Therefore people
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Therefore, people
will easily find public transportation for them to go to their work, school, and else.
Besides
that, people who live in
apartment
will
also
get service from the
apartment
staff where people can feel more pleasant.
This
can be the reason why people want to live in flat compare to live in a house.
However
, there are some disadvantages of living in a flat. As we know already that by choosing to live in, there will take some risks.
First
, the space provided and outdoor space can be said small. Considering that, not all family can feel comfortable. In fact, it can affect some of the family members' health.
Second
, as we can see, people there don't have much interaction with their neighbours. They spend their time more at their own room. The
third
is the resident have to follow the rules, even though it's hard to be acceptable.
For example
, you cannot bring your pet or customized your own room by painting it. So, we are not allowed to do several things in our
apartment
. The worst disadvantage we know is the high risk when dangerous incidents happen.
For example
, when suddenly there are fire, it takes time to extinguish the fire. People who live on the upper floor will not easily get out of the
apartment
.
Therefore they
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Therefore, they
can be trapped and unable to escape. Another example is when earthquake suddenly happens, it is impossible to get out as fast from our
apartment
to the outdoors. From those 2 examples we can see that by living in an
apartment
we have to be ready to face some occurrence that can endanger our lives. In my opinion, you can feel more satisfied by living in the
apartment
from the easy accessibility until the service you can get.
Although
, it is known that living in an
apartment
will take high risk to our lives. So the conclusion is it has more disadvantages than the advantages when people live in the flat.

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