In some countries, governments are encouraging industries and businesses to move to regional areas outside the big cities. Do the advantages of this trend outweigh the disadvantages?

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Nowadays, many governments encourage companies in big cities to relocate to the suburbs or nearby province. In my opinion, the benefits that
this
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trend
bring
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brings
still exceed its
draw backs
the quality of being a hindrance
drawbacks
. One benefit is that companies can reduce expenditure. Specifically, the local
labor
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
labour
costs are lower than the costs in the
city
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.
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, a research paper in 2018 shows that many enterprises, which move from the
city
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, can cut approximately 3%-5% investment cost.
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, they can increase the
in come
the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
income
and
reinvest other
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reinvest in other
projects. Another benefit is that the local economy can develop. To be more detailed, thanks to the relocation of companies to areas outside big cities, more local people had a job and many supporting services grew around it.
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, GDP of Bac Ninh has gone up sharply by 10% in
past 3 years
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the past 3 years
since SAMSUNG moved in. Clearly, the living standard of local people will rise and the wealth gap between
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city
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the city
cities
and the countryside.
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, people still state that companies can lack skilled workers. They believe that skilled usually want to live in the
city
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. To
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I would argue that it depends on what they acquire from the company. If the company
pay
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pays
is paying
a high salary, a numerous number of fringe benefits, skilled workers will have no reasons to disagree the job. A prime reason is SAMSUNG, despite moving out of the
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city but
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city, but
they often employ 100-500 skilled workers every year, including even Korean engineers because the salary is usually 50-70% higher than the others. It is obvious that, skilled workers can achieve more benefits than they work in the
city
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. In conclusion, the advantages of relocating outside the
city
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are clearly more significant than the disadvantages. Moving far from the
city
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not only provide companies with reducing
spending but
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spending, but
also
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assist the local economy developing.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • regional areas
  • big cities
  • encouraging
  • industries
  • businesses
  • advantages
  • disadvantages
  • economic growth
  • overcrowding
  • traffic congestion
  • employment opportunities
  • balanced regional development
  • preservation of natural resources
  • quality of life
  • cultural diversity
  • lack of infrastructure
  • amenities
  • skilled workers
  • impact on the environment
  • decline in the economy
  • social and cultural challenges
  • integrating
  • new industries
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