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Some people prefer to plan activities for their free time very carefully. Others choose not to make any plans at all for their free time. Compare the benefits of planning free-time activities with the benefits of not making plans. Use specific reasons and examples to explain your choice

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The map illustrates a plan to reconstruct a town called Islip in the future. In general,
this
 city is planned to be more developed with supporting facilities and new housing. In the north, the city is planned to develop by replacing the countryside with a carriageway. On the south of
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the carriageway
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carriageway
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 shops are to be removed and from the wet to the east bus station, shopping centre, car park and new housing are planned to be constructed. The main road will be changed to the only
pedestrian’s
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 pathway while shops on the south of the road will be untouched. On the south of the
shops
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 new houses are to be built and the park on the east of it remains but smaller. To the south of the town school and
housing
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 area remains while a carriageway is planned to split the housing area into two sections on the north and south of the road. On the east of the
city
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 two carriageways from north and south are to be merged
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