Overpopulation of urban areas has led to numerous problems. Identify one or two serious ones and suggest ways that governments and individuals can tackle these problems.

Overpopulation is one of the serious problems of

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urban areas. The amount of

people

migrating from the villages to the

cities

is increasing every single day. More and more

people

choose the urban life, forgetting their roots, their villages and leaving family members for better health services, education, work conditions and much more. The main problem coming from

that is

the pollution. Many

people

don’t realize the harm they’re doing by using cars for just themselves. When you look outside your car window you can see that almost every one of them is with just the driver in it.

This

doesn’t seem to be a big problem but just imagine all the emissions being released into the atmosphere. There are better ways to go from point A to point B without the traffic – ride a bike, use

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public transport or just walk. Another issue is that with the

people

arriving in the

cities

they have to love somewhere.

Which

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means that more and more

building

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are

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in construction. Right now in my

area

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there are at least 4 new

building

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in

development

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.

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effects

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not just the air quality but there is a lot of noise, no place to park the cars,

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green areas, etc. But I have to admit one thing – I understand those

people

. When you live in a village, especially in a small country like Bulgaria, it’s hard. The majority of the rural areas don’t have simple things like

pharmacy

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,

doctor

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doctors

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, bus

stop

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stops

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,

school

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, kindergarten, even supermarkets. The

people

choose the safest option, in that case – moving to the

cities

where their children can get a good education, where you don’t have to travel for hours, just so you can go to the doctor. I believe that

this

could change. We’re small, but not without resources. There are ways to open new job places in a village just by bringing your business there, not in the big

cities

. You will open new opportunities for these

people

but most importantly, you’ll bring the focus on the area. More

people

will come and bring even more possibilities for the population.

This

is a process. We can’t just change

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. We have to start thinking not just about now, we have to think about the future. And if we continue to ignore the poor citizens of our villages they will come to the

cities

. Which will cause more and more problems.