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People living in the twenty-first century have better standards of living than people who lived in the past. To what extent [completely/ absolutely --- partly/ somehow] agree or disagree?

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Some individuals believe that
people
 who live in
this
century
 have quality living
standards
 compared to the past centuries. I completely agree with
this
 statement, and in
this
 essay, I will explain the reasons why I agree with it.
To begin
 with, it is important that the well-developed infrastructure of a country helps to improve the quality of living. Since there were no proper roads, public transports and other public
services
 in the past,
people
 who lived in that era had inconvenient lifestyles whereas, at present, most
people
 are having a better lifestyle due to vast improvements in infrastructure.
For instance
, in 1950, only rich
people
 had vehicles and no proper public transportation system was there which made their
lives
 difficult;
however
, nowadays many individuals have their own vehicles and better public
services
.
Therefore
, it can be iterated that
people
 who are living in
this
century
 have better
standards
 of living compared to individuals who lived in the past.
Furthermore
, medical
services
 have been improved in the present compared to the past. A few centuries ago, many
people
 were losing their
lives
 due to insufficient medicines, medical equipment and specialists doctors. To illustrate, millions of
lives
 have lost for Spanish flu in 1918 as there were no proper vaccines to control the virus whereas nowadays scientists and medical researchers were able to found medicines for most diseases including the latest Covid 19 virus. Since medical
services
 have improved in the 21st
century
, it helps to save
lives
 which make the living
standards
 are better. In summary, it is intuitively obvious that
people
 who are living in the twenty-
first
century
 has better living
standards
 compared to the
people
 who lived in previous centuries. Improvements in infrastructure, public
services
 and medical
services
 have resulted in better lifestyles for
people
 in
this
 era.
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