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Some people think living in big cities is bad for people’s health. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Nowadays, the big
cities
 are expanding more and more, they become industrial
cities
. In my opinion, I agree that the big
cities
 have a negative impact on our health, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.
To begin
 with, the industrial field have interested in these
cities
 with
a
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big population
such
 as NewYork and London.
However
, the companies that invest their money in building factories that emit toxic gases and pollution nature.
this
 pollution has a negative impact on our health and sometimes makes people sick and a serious diseases.
In addition
, in these places that have huge numbers of the population that mean the number of transportations increased, trains, buses, cars and underground, there are consequences if people just use the transportations
instead
 of walking to their work.
Moreover
, high buildings
such
 as skyscrapers take up a wide area,
on the other hand
, the parks and playground are small, which make physical activities difficult and the kids can not go out and be in nature, which is enforce people to go to the countryside at the weekend, to refresh their minds and breath. In conclusion, it seems to me that it is more beneficial for our health to live in small
cities
although
 it is disadvantageous to some extent.
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