Many young people are leaving their homes in rural areas to study or work in the cities. What are the reasons? Do the advantages of this development outweigh its disadvantages?

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Nowadays youth from small
cities
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are moving to the big
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. It is believed, that capitals are more suitable for working and studying there. From my point of view,
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tendency has more disadvantages than advantages. I guess, there are two main reasons for it. The
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most essential reason for
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is that rural areas have
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opportunities for
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education.
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, the best universities in Belarus are situated in
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capital Minsk. Good professors and teachers prefer to live and work in developed regions.
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, if you want to get really useful knowledge
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well-qualified teachers, you must move to the capital.
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leads to the extinction of small
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and the quality of life becomes even worse there. The
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not
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less important reason is that there are much more chances to find a good job with
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salary in a big city.
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, the latest statistic researches showed, that payments in Minsk are 30% higher
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than in other
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. Due to it, people are moving to the capital and trying to find work there. But because of the huge number of
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it becomes more difficult from year to year. To sum up, people are moving to the main towns because there are no possibilities in their hometowns. In my humble opinion,
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development has advantages for
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society, but much more disadvantages for the country. I believe that power should develop small
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the countryside
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and provide them with
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and good educational establishments.
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Use cohesive linking words accurately and appropriately

Linking words are very important in your essay.

To score effectively on your IELTS exam, you should make an effort to implement short concise sentences coupled with linking words.

Almost every sentence in your essay should have a linking word of some sort.

In fact, the only sentences that can omit linking words are your background sentence and thesis.

Linking word examples:

  • firstly
  • secondly
  • thirdly
  • in additional
  • moreover
  • also
  • for example
  • for instance
  • therefore
  • however
  • although
  • even though
  • despite

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Migration
  • Urbanization
  • Educational institutions
  • Job prospects
  • Wages
  • Economic growth
  • Cultural exchange
  • Overpopulation
  • Cost of living
  • Rural depopulation
  • Social isolation
  • Traditional values
  • Personal growth
  • Recreational activities
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