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Some people spend most of their lives living close to where they were born. What might be the reasons for this? What are the advantages and disadvantages?

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Surprisingly, many
people
 prefer to stay in the
neighborhood
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 where they were born for the rest of their lives. That spending most of the
time
 living in the same area allows
people
 to be familiar
to
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 the places and provides convenience;
however
, they need to trade off these advantages with the number of times spent on travelling and limited
opportunity
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 in career. One of the key advantages
for
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 spending most
time
 living in the
town
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 nearby birthplace is familiarity
in
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 those areas which
offers
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people
to
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have
convenient
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 lifestyle. Knowing all the key facilities – restaurants, markets, pharmacies.
People
 can easily decide which one to visit in order to feel satisfied and which way to commute to those places for saving
time
. Many recent studies found that the more
time
people
 spent residing in the same community, the more convenient and
happiness
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 their life
are
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.
In addition
, many elders were found to spend most of their life living in the same accommodation because they are afraid to be in
the
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 area where they are not familiar
with
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.
On the other hand
, there are several disadvantages to locating in home city.
Firstly
, it is undeniable that
people
 need to change their frequent place of visit as they grow up and those places are inevitably far from their residence, resulting in more transportation
time
. To illustrate, one
need
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 to spend over four hours per day
on
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commuting to their workplace, since their home is far.
Moreover
, limited types of careers are offered in the town,
results
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 in less choice for
people
 to get their career of interest.
In other words
, the job positions available
for
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countryside
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 are far
more
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less than
variety
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a variety
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 of
jobs
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 opportunities available in urban cities. To sum up, while choosing to live in
the
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a
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neighborhood
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neighbourhood
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 near
birthplace
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their birthplace
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 can offer
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a favorable
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favorable
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 lifestyle,
people
 can lose
time
 for transportation and job opportunities. With many factors to be considered,
people
 should think wisely about their location of living.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Familiarity
  • Comfort
  • Social ties
  • Family ties
  • Belonging
  • Resources
  • Opportunities
  • Fear
  • Unknown
  • Financial constraints
  • Cultural attachment
  • Language barriers
  • Limited education
  • Skills
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