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At the present time, the population of some countries includes a relatively large number of young adults, compared with the number of older people. Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

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​Today, the number of
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young adults outnumbers the population of
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older
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the countries. Some might say it is beneficial and some might believe it is problematic. In my opinion, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. ​
First
 of all, young adults or youths have more potential in working long hours than
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older
people
. Why is it so? It is obvious that
younger
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 generation has more energy to work under pressure and the capability of handling difficult situations cannot be compared to old
people
. Not only that, they have the one important thing which the older generations
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That is
 something we called creativity. Young
people
 usually try to discuss everyone’s opinion and combine every idea to be more productive and consistent.
That is
 how they become more reliable than the other generation. ​
Secondly
, it cannot be denied that old
people
 have the experience, sense, talents and subject knowledge
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 the younger resides. They may be slower in the industry but they have more precise concentration on their work and less problematic behaviour. As they have gone through a period of time, they have faced
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pressures, failures, victories and problems and they know how to get up from
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event
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. ​To conclude, every person is valuable in their own
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However
, young
people
 can do more benefits than the older generation and
that is
 why the pros of overpopulating with the youths overweigh the cons. ​
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