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Some people believe that to reduce the amount of time people spend commuting (travelling to work), parks and gardens close to city centres should be replaced by apartment buildings for commuters to live in. However, others disagree with this. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

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There has been a debate among
people
 who think it is beneficial for us to destroy parks and gardens and build
accomodations
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accommodations
accommodation
 for workers who commute to
city
 centres and those who
against
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this
 idea. While
this
 approach gives more flexibility for time and money to a limited number of
city
 commuters, overall, I believe the idea does not improve
total
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 satisfaction of the
people
 belonging to the society.
First
 of all, it is obvious that if we built mass flats for men and women working in the urban areas where currently public open spaces exist, for those limited number of
people
 who can get into the housing, it would become extremely convenient.
For instance
, they can commute to work with less time and cost and that would become a significant advantage for them.
However
, the number of
people
 who are lucky enough to enjoy the merits
are
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 limited.
Thus
, those who cannot live in
the
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rooms in the centre of metropolitan areas need to continue
traveling
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everyday
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. Clearly, the total elevation of quality of life is not huge.
On the contrary
,
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destroying public relaxation places
such
 as parks and gardens will significantly downgrade the environment of the
city
 as a whole.
For example
, trees and ponds will be replaced by flat buildings and
people
 lose places for walks and
play grounds
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playgrounds
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 where they can enjoy holidays.
In addition
, the landscape of the urban area would become less attractive and the value of the place may be decreased and it would even impact the price of the lands
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nearby
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near by
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. Admittedly there are some pros and cons to
the
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both
side
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 of the
arguments
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argument
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,
however
, as a conclusion from
above
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 observations, I believe
this
 idea of replacing public
leasure
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leisure
 lands
to
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accomodations
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accommodations
 for
city
 workers is overall not wise, considering the significant drawbacks it may cause to the entire
people
 living in the area.
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