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.

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Overpopulation is one of the serious problems of
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urban areas. The amount of
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migrating from the villages to the
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is increasing every single day. More and more
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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
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the pollution. Many
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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.
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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
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arriving in the
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they have to love somewhere.
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means that more and more
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in construction. Right now in my
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there are at least 4 new
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in
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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
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. 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
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,
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, bus
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,
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, kindergarten, even supermarkets. The
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choose the safest option, in that case – moving to the
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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
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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
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. You will open new opportunities for these
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but most importantly, you’ll bring the focus on the area. More
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will come and bring even more possibilities for the population.
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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
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. Which will cause more and more problems.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • strain on infrastructure
  • public services
  • overcrowded
  • inadequate healthcare services
  • pressure on educational institutions
  • environmental impact
  • increased pollution
  • waste management
  • destruction of green spaces
  • natural habitats
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