In recent years, many small local shops have closed because customers travel to large shopping centres or malls to do their shopping. Is this a positive or negative development?

Currently, the urban planning of big cities brings significant impacts on the landscapes of cities and the lifestyle of residents. Among these changes, small local

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are gradually replaced by large shopping malls. Personally, I would argue that more disadvantages are introduced than the advantages brought by closing small local

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. Several compelling reasons can be listed to argue the negative impacts on local people and city development by closing local

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, a great inconvenience will be introduced for the general living

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the public if these

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are closed. As shown in many cities and areas, small

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are mainly distributed among regions of local residences which provides

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great accessibility.

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, customers can purchase their meals in one or two blocks-distance.

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, small local

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are a part of native culture as there are no alternatives to some goods

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, large shopping centres and malls are significantly filled

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of local culture and fingerprints. Shopping at these places would be less fun, especially from the perspectives of travellers from other places.

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, the removal of a great number of small

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induces

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unemployment which is not conducive to the economy and the stability of areas. Specifically, people who made their living by running local businesses previously are now forced to switch their careers or hunt for another job occupation.

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can be induced among the public. It is known that weaknesses are always attended by strengths. Someone argues that large shopping centres effectively simplify the

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and surveillance of markets. Since most

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in centres are well supervised under the group, it is less frequent to see cases of fraudulence or goods with crappy quality, which were seen from some local small

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be applied to the business of small local

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by the government.

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, serious punishments can be executed

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illegal actions

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owners of

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. More comprehensive rules and laws can be updated to ensure the premium quality of staff from small

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. To sum up, it is fair to state that

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of domestic and local

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is a challenging task.

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, these

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comprise the

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logo of the city and

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significantly

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diversify the options for shopping along with great convenience in our daily life. Closing these

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will bring more negative impacts to our life.

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, the space should be left for these

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by enforcing an improved

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system for their business.