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Some people think that new houses should be built in the same style as the older houses in the local area. Others disagree and say local authorities should allow people to build houses in the style of their own choice. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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The pie chart demonstrates the rate of the average family
food
 budget between home cooking meal and
restaurant
 meal in the year 1970 to 2000, while the graph compares the
number
 of foods by fast-
food
restaurant
 and sit-down
restaurant
 in the same
period
. Overall, the concern in spending budget on a
restaurant
 meal and the total of fast
food
 that been consumed have increased significantly over the
period
. In the beginning, regarding the chart, 90 % of people spending their
food
 budget for the home cooking meal and only 10 % of the
restaurant
 meal. The
restaurant
 meal gained popularity and has been increased gradually to 15 % in 1980, 35% in 1990 and have the same percentage as the home cooked meal by the end of the
period
. Turning to, the
number
 of meals that consumed from a fast
food
restaurant
food
restaurant
 and sitting down
restaurant
 is equal to 20
number
 meal/year in 1970. The sitting down
restaurant
 has a steady upward trend for the following years, which shows the value at about 25 in 1980, 40 in 1990 and around 45 by the end of the
period
.
in
Suggestion
In
 contrast, the
number
 of fast-
food
 restaurants has slightly increased in the
first
 ten years and it jumped up at about 90 by the end of the year 2000.
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