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In some countries, many more people are choosing to live alone nowadays than in the past. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

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Currently, there is a growth
on
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people
 who decides to live alone comparing to the past in some countries. In my opinion,
this
 sign is a negative development trend because it causes of lack of interaction in society and may lead to the decreation of
global
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 population.
Firstly
, the negative impact is that
people
 have less connection and socialization. In many
country
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countries
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,
people
 leave their
family
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families
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 and head to a city for work.
Then
, they have to live alone. They go to work in the morning and come back to their places after the off-hour as their daily routines.
Although
 they have a connection with their colleagues in the workplace. It is not a strong connection.
As a result
, it makes them have less interaction in their close social circle, keep self-isolation, and can lead to depression. Another impact is that staying alone can cause
the
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decrease
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 number of children. Nowadays, the statistics show that
people
 tend to not get married because they prefer to live alone. Each person is not only focusing
his
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on his
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owned
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 activities but
also
 protecting himself from others.
In addition
, every
people
 thinks the same way,
then
, no new
people
 come to their
live
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life
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 and build up a strong relationship until
give
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 a proposal.
Consequently
, the birth rate in
developed
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country
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countries
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 is lower than
the
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in the
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 past while the rate of
people
 who prefer to live alone is higher. Living alone has benefits as individuals,
nevertheless
, there are still
the
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negative impacts
to
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on
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society
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the society
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. The depression rate in
people
 is higher,
moreover
, the lower population has
showed
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.
This
 is
a
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 responsibility of everyone especially the government to resolve the issue.
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