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More and more people are moving to big cities these days. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of living in a large city

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The table depicts the source of funding for the police was increased and the pie chart describes the budget of distribution in different departments. Overall, it is readily apparent that the contribution of funding increased, through the local taxes. In terms of spending, there was a marked increase in the technology and building transport department. Whereas there was a little decrease in the salaries. In 2017, the national government contributed 175.5
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 which was below the following year’s 177.5
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 pounds.
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, local taxes were lower in both years,
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, local taxes were 91.2
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 pounds which
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 11% lower than the following year. By analyses, the other sources
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 as grants respectively unchanged in both years
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, in 2017 was 85
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 pounds and in 2018, 85.5
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. The total value grew from 304.4 to 318
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. In terms of budgetary, in 2017 was 75% which declined in 2018 to 69%. Whereas money for technology was doubled and building and transport were unaltered in both years.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • urbanization
  • metropolitan
  • infrastructure
  • cost of living
  • public transportation
  • pollution
  • congestion
  • social isolation
  • cultural amenities
  • job market
  • healthcare facilities
  • educational institutions
  • crime rate
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