Some cities create new housing for their growing populations by constructing a smaller number of high-rise buildings. Other cities create more of low-rise buildings. Which solution is better, in your opinion?

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With the growing
population
, many
cities
are experiencing less space available for
residents
and
therefore
creating high-rise
buildings
,
while
some
cities
still prefer the traditional accommodation system
such
as
low rise
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or individual houses. I believe the floor size is completely determined by the
population
density and preferences of
residents
, which we will
further
discuss in detail in the following paragraphs. To embark upon, many metropolitan
cities
are crowded and prefer to stay within the close vicinity of their workplace but because of lack of place, many governments
are preferring
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to build more flats within the same building.
Furthermore
,
high rise
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buildings
come with varied facilities and the major benefit is low cost
That is
to say that, more flats
available
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within the same space to accommodate
large
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number of families. The outcome of
this
is more facilities available within the society at
marginal
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cost.
For instance
, a recent comprehensive study conducted discloses that more and more
residents
are attracted to high-rise
buildings
as
it extends
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more facilities like
gymnasium
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gymnasiums
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,
supermarket
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,
child
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and child
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care
centre
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saves great time for fast-paced city lives. On the flip side, some
cities
dwellers prefer to stay in low-rise
buildings
or individual
apartment
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because of several reasons
such
as privacy and
however
this
might be
compartively
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comparatively
costly for metro city
residents
as the supply is short,
however
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Tier II and Tier 3
cities
have major
population
staying in individual houses with maximum two to three floors as the mostly
residents
have migrated to big
cities
because of work.
To conclude
, the building model completely resides
the
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density of the
population
and individual choices and budges.
However
, most urbanites prefer to stay in
high rise
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high-rise
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building
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buildings
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to avail societal amenities and close
neighbourhood
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.
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