Some people believe that living in big cities is becoming more difficult. Others believe that it is getting easier. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Nowadays, more
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that
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a
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half of
people
live in
cities
. Some of them believe
life
in big
cities
is
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quate
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easy.
Other
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suppose that living in big
cities
is becoming more difficult every day. On one hand,
people
in big
cities
should work less than in
villages
.
Moreover
, big
cities
has
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high medicine
level
, in small
towns
the
level
of medicine is much lower.
However
,
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level
in
towns
is lower. One more
pros
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for
cities
is
high
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a high
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level
of salaries and incomes.
On the other hand
, prices in
cities
are much more, than in small
towns
or
villages
.
Besides
, in many large
cities
, taxes can be up to half of
earnings
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, which makes
life
in large
cities
more difficult.
In addition
, residents of big
cities
can use delivery services and online shops that are better developed in
cities
than in small
towns
and
villages
. It makes
life
easier for the citizens. In my viewpoint,
life
in
cities
become easier each day, with the help of robots, new technologies that reach small
towns
and
villages
much later.
However
, many
people
move from large
cities
to
villages
. But many more
people
are moving from
villages
to
cities
. Many do
this
in order to increase their income and standard of living.
Also
, in many
cities
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there are not enough leafy suburbs, which worsens the ecology of the city. At all, the pros of living in a big city outweigh the cons, but small
towns
and
villages
remain desirable places to live.
Life
in big
cities
become easier each day, but it still has difficulties.
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