One problem faced by almost every large city is traffic congestion. What do you think the causes are? What solutions can you suggest?

The majority of big urban areas always have
this
one issue regarding
traffic
jams. The main reason for
this
problem is that there are too many
people
reside
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in large towns because they are attached to the
highly
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availability of jobs in cities rather than in suburban areas. To face
this
problem, I believe that the government should promote more about living in other areas by giving many types of high-salary jobs. Many more
people
live in capitals because capital cities provide more jobs and the opportunity to get promoted.
This
happens because almost every person wants to go there to pursue a better career and get a better life.
For example
, most Indonesians will likely find a job in Jakarta and choose to live there, which will lead to
high-density
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the high-density
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population in Jakarta. Having too many citizens in
this
downtown means the
traffic
will be denser,
furthermore
causing
traffic
jam
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in every corner of
this
large city. Looking
by
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the
people
’s tendency to be attracted by seeing some money-related advantages,
this
issue can be solved by the government by providing well-paid
occupation
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. The government should do more promotion to the society to live in
rural
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a rural
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area
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by giving more advantages about provided high-salary
job
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.
Therefore
,
people
will consider
to move
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to
the
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smaller city which
provide
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more benefits for their life. To conclude,
people
who are provided high salary
job
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jobs
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in smaller
town
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towns
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choose to reside there because highly paid careers will attract
most
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the most
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society
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. They will not care about the locations as long as it will support them economically.
Furthermore
,
this
will have an effect
of
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lesser
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population in the capital. In the end, the
traffic
congestion will decrease gradually
time
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to time.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • traffic congestion
  • urban population
  • public transportation
  • urban planning
  • infrastructure
  • economic strength
  • consumerism
  • car ownership
  • commuting
  • peak hours
  • public transit
  • carpooling
  • ride-sharing
  • remote work
  • flexible working hours
  • cycling infrastructure
  • congestion charges
  • traffic management systems
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