Some people think that the best way to reduce the time spent in travelling to work is to replace parks and gardens close to the city center with apartment buildings for commuters, but others disagree. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.（

It has been a debatable question whether parks and gardens should be replaced by high-rise buildings in order to decrease people’s commuting

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. In my view,

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green areas are essential in metropolitan cities, people are supposed to give priority to

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apartments where commuters can live in close proximity to their working places. Some citizens advocate that decreases of urban areas’ scales are definitely necessary by building appartements with the process of

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shift, which allows employees to minimize the

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in going to work as much as possible.

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, if the period of travelling no longer takes away people’s precious

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, they will spend an amount of

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working in companies or enjoying themselves after works;

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, individuals are able to live at a slower pace and possibly feel a great sense of happiness.

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, others believe that replacement of parks and gardens might not address the thorny problem in commuting

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efficiently, whereas it may cause various urban matters

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as

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density, environmental degradation and traffic congestion.

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, if public green spots are replaced by new-built houses, cities will be overcrowded due to highly serious

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density. Meanwhile, more

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will pose a threat to traffic systems and public transportation sectors;

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, citizens will spend more

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travelling than they expect. To summarize, there is no doubt that parks and gardens are irreplaceable parts of modern cities.

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, actions should be taken by governments in building more apartments , which enable the staff to have abundant choices to select their homes in order to save

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in travelling.