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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In today's modern cities, the size of one's dwelling is directly related to the size of available
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and
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some cities are dotted with skyscrapers; whereas others mostly have houses on their
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. Most metropolis in the fast paced and developed nations are facing problems stemming from high population density.
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usually results from more and more immigrants flocking to already packed cities in search of a better livelihood. In
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a situation, the urban planning authorities are left with no choice but to develop the
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horizontally
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.e. Build taller buildings on scare and high priced lands. Most people in
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cities are confined to smaller apartments leading to smaller personal space for themselves and their family. Some of these apartments are even devoid of natural sunshine and air.
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at times adversely impacts physical and mental health. Despite
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, every year scores of people still move to cities
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as Hong Kong, Tokyo, Mumbai, London in search of a better living for themselves and their family.
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, few governments advocate building houses on a wider tract of
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.
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provides the people living in those cities with much larger houses, mostly with a garden or a personal backyard. The
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looks certainly much greener and the inmates living in the houses can have access to both air and light and don't need to rely on artificial sources of air and light.
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helps to keep them healthy both mentally and physically, as the government in these cities is able to offer its citizen with larger public parks and gardens for recreation. According to me, both the solutions have pros and cons and would depend on the circumstances of an individual. For someone focused on his/her career and living in a high rise in a
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may be perfectly fine as compared to one who is retired and needs to get out of the hustle and bustle of a busy
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and settle in a place dotted with houses over its wide
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area.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • urban density
  • sustainability
  • public transportation
  • green spaces
  • community connections
  • overcrowding
  • economic implications
  • infrastructure impact
  • maintenance costs
  • carbon footprint
  • compact city
  • habitat destruction
  • greenhouse gas emissions
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