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In many nations, people in huge cities live alone or in a small family units, Instead of large extended family. Do you think this is a positive or negative development.

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In many cities around the
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world
community
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 have started practising living as a nuclear family rather than living in joint
families
. I believe, it is a positive development
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and will discuss
about
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the same in the following essay. Our lifestyle and culture
is
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 changing drastically day by day.
People
 living in big cities are so occupied with their work and themselves
therefore
 many young
people
 prefer not to stay with their parents or grandparents.
Also
, they are not interested in following a traditional lifestyle.
Moreover
, the freedom and comfort they get when they live alone
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 completely hampered.
Also
, many older
people
 don’t like the
fast paced
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 and hectic city life and tend to move to a peaceful place post their retirement where their kids won’t be comfortable.
Furthermore
, if we are living alone each generation can enjoy their time and space without invading into someone’s personal
privacy
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 life.
On the other hand
, if
people
 live in extended
families
although
 they have less personal space and choices,
but
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they tend to learn a lot of traditional values and know about their elders. In fact, living in
joint
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 family
also
 helps in the overall growth of a child traditionally for which modern parents have less time. Add more points---- support system ,bonding According to my, with the
,
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lifestyle
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 we follow it is better to live in small
families
 as there would be
less
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 issues and every generation will be able to enjoy their time and space which is the most important factor of individual growth nowadays. Henceforth, it is good if
people
 live in nuclear
families
.
However
, deciding upon what kind of family is better depends on an individual’s perspective .
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