Some people prefer to live in a house, while others feel that there are more advantages to living in an apartment. Are there more advantages than disadvantages of living in a house compared with living in an apartment?

In recent years more and more people have moved from flats to private
houses
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someone thinks that personal
houses
may have several drawbacks, I completely prefer and agree that having own territory could have enough benefits. On the one hand, private territory often (avoiding overgeneralization) is larger than apartments, so the security issue comes
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huge trouble for some people. Many persons (In my opinion, it would be better to use
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word “people”) who own their
houses
frequently have only locks for doors and maybe for garages as whole security of home.
Additionally
, private
houses
often can have several storeys, which is quite unsafe.
In contrast
, flats are always a part of huge buildings and
then
security problems often are insignificant.
Moreover
, if some person lives in
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, it will be easier
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him to set some surveillance cameras,
body guards
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and most
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flats
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have only one floor
that is
safer than own several.
On the other hand
, often private
houses
may be roomy and personal home for their owners.
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individual
houses
have large and multiple rooms for every member of
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or even for most (more).
Also
, there are no doubts that huge mansions can be isolated from city noises which often greatly interfere
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in apartments. Contrariwise, some private
houses
, including their territory may be smaller than
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apartment. Own house is frequently located in near to another house, so several buildings may be closer to each other, which could lead to some other troubles. To sum up,
although
private
houses
may have some issues with
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security
in face of having only locks and several floors to protect, I fully agree that benefits as multiple rooms and noise suppression are cover all drawbacks of own house.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • privacy
  • outdoor activities
  • gardening
  • customization options
  • renovate
  • structural changes
  • investments
  • appreciation/depreciation
  • maintenance costs
  • utility costs
  • security features
  • gated entries
  • surveillance systems
  • shared amenities
  • community centers
  • suburban
  • rural areas
  • commutes
  • urban centers
  • public transport
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