In the past, most people lived in small villages where everyone knew everyone else. Nowadays, most people live in large cities where they know only a few people in their area. What do you think were the advantages and disadvantages of living in a small community?

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Small village life is very straightforward.People staying in crossroads are more friendly and extrovert. There is always a sense of homely feeling in small cities. The good thing about living is small community is
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people will always there for your help.Because these people consider
there
of them or themselves
their
neighbours as their own family
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people
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People
living in small cities are not keen
of
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on
staying alone
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while in
cities
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the cities
mostly everyone is
concern
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concerned
about their privacy
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City people
dont
do not
don't
have much
time
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for
there
of them or themselves
their
own family and
children which
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children, which
makes gaps in relationships,
as a result
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of
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this
plural of "this"
these
children starts seeking attention
somwhere
in or at or to some place
somewhere
else
consequently
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they end up having bad company.While in villages people are not much
stresses
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stress
with work which gives lots of
time
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for
famliy
a social unit living together
family
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They cherish each other company apart from family
too and
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too, and
always ready to help in their hard times
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Futhuremore people
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Furthermore, people
Furthermore people
in villages as in the village
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families are staying in very small land.
there
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will be daily interaction anyhow
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so it is likely to have
inetraction
a mutual or reciprocal action; interacting
interaction
interactions
between them.
Howerever it
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However, it
However it
is
challening
requiring full use of your abilities or resources
challenging
to survive in small cities
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beacuse
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Because
Beacuse
of scarcity of resources which is easily available in large cities
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example, in
villages
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the villages
there is
lack
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a lack
of source of
income unlike
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income, unlike
large cities which have
abundance
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an abundance
of industries. There are lots of activities available in cities due to which people
dont
do not
don't
have much
time
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of one
anothere
any of various alternatives; some other
another
for example
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pepole
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
people
spend most of their
time
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in offices
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in
gym
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the gym
and
surffing
the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave
surfing
internet. They
dont
do not
don't
need much of friends to spend
time
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in
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In
fact most
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fact, most
of young generation living in cities
like
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likes
to pass
time
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alone
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To conclude people in small cities are living more
stressfree
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stress free
and relaxed life than city people
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Giving
time
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to their friends and having people around you is always better than staying isolated in abundance of
facilites
a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry
facilities
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Sense of community
  • Bond
  • Close-knit
  • Tight-knit
  • Belonging
  • Familiarity
  • Security
  • Support system
  • Social connections
  • Look out for
  • Have someone's back
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