Some cities create housing areas by providing taller buildings. Others create housing by building houses on a wider area of land. What solution is better?

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that housing areas
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aroused a lot of debates and conversations around it.
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some people opine that cities should create taller
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others
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believe that building places should be on a wider place.
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. Admittedly, there are various benefits of constructing larger
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, already cities were running out of land, so they
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save the same if they
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larger
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another way, one tall building can have a capacity to accommodate roughly 250 families. Another reason that needs to be considered is,
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construction is cheap when compared to any other
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buildings
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, the construction cost of the
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is solely divided among individual flat owners. In India,
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, people prefer to live in an apartment because of the benefits it provides. In short, saving land and money is the ultimate advantage of higher
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. Despite the advantages above, there are serious disadvantages
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constructing high
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. One possible issue would be
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safety
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of residents should be considered. It is the responsibility of the building management to provide
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several
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measures in order to escape from
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accidents like fire.
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, it would be difficult to use when the fire is set, but
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issue can be easily sorted out in the wider
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constructing the wider homes
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of the individual is assured.
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wider
home owners
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should bear the expenses of construction and house tax,
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safety
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of the people is assured in
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home
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. What is more? There is no neighbourhood problem.
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, comparable to tall
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buildings
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safety
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is achieved only in the wider
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views.
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, in my opinion, of course, tall
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can save
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money and cost;
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,
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building provides more
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and convenience.
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  • Paragraph 2 - First supporting paragraph
  • Paragraph 3 - Second supporting paragraph
  • Paragraph 4 - Conclusion

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  • green spaces
  • community connections
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