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In many countries, people are moving away from rural areas and towards urban areas. Why do you think that is? What problems can this cause?

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Nowadays, a common trend observed in many parts of the world is migration of individuals from rural to urban communities;
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 is because of the monetary benefits like increased pay, better job prospects as well finer education. Whist, urban
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 has significant advantages, there are some considerable drawbacks as well; these include increased
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 pollution, more traffic congestions, expensive
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 decreased ties with the our
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.
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, urban
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 brings with it a myriad of problems
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 includes increased
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 pollution; as more and more houses tend to be tightly packed, urban households enjoy less clean
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 than its rural counterpart. The smoke, from our kitchens, cigarettes and cars gets inhaled by inhabits resulting in severe severe health problems like lung cancer.
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, traffic congestions in urban regions are much more than rural communities resulting in more accidents.
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, urban lifestyles tend to very expensive and might not be sustainable for the average income families; the housing, grocery as well as education costs are all exponentially more affordable in rural areas.
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, by choosing to move
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 and
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 way from the birth places in search of monetary benefits like money, better job prospects we are essentially forgetting our ties to the
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. Most people living in urban communities tend to lead a very busy
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, they usually have very little time for the
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 while those living in rural communities tend to be very close knit and caring. In my opinion, the benefits offered by rural areas
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 as cleaner
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, better ties to the
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 and a significantly less expensive
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 are better in the long term in comparison to urban living.
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