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Nowadays online shopping is rapidly replacing physical shopping in stores. What are the positives and negatives of this development, in your opinion? Give some relevant examples.

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We are living in a world where the Internet starts to take a
lot
 of
place
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places
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. Indeed, even physical shopping has been replaced by online shopping. It is the birth of a
lot
 of
controversy
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controversies
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. In
this
 essay, we will discuss the benefits and drawbacks
about
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of
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this
 new form of shopping.
Firstly
, for many people, shopping online is easier because you can buy whatever you want, whenever you want. You have access to everything, whereas in stores some
stuffs
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stuff
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pieces of stuff
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 were sometimes out of stock.
Then
, everyone can stay at home and just wait. It is like magic, you have nothing to do. It is faster as well. For
this
 reason, a
lot
 of people enjoys
this
 method especially,
thus
 living in
contryside
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countryside
. They are living far away from the city and it might take 30
minute
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minutes
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 or one hour just to see the edge of the town. But, it is a nightmare
which
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that
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 is hidden behind all
this
 wonderful process. Indeed, it is a large case of bankruptcy for a
lot
 of markets . The
center
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centre
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 of the town is less attractive and a couple of stores are suffering a decline
of
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in
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founds
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funds
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 because of
this
. We have some issues with an
increasing
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 of poverty in
this
departement
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department
.
Then
 it is the spark for many people to lose their job. To conclude, I believe that it is killing human
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lives
life
lifes
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lives
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 to count only on the Internet. Networks are funny but not when they take
of
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off
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 some job to
good
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a good
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 citizen.
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