Some people prefer to live in a house while others feel that living in an apartment has more advantages.

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Nowadays, there are two types of
people
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those who
likes
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to live in
its
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their own
house
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and those who think that apartments are better. As a matter of fact, most of
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people
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choose to live in a flat in a big
city
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but there are
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a lot who opt for a
house
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. Both
of
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variants have their benefits and drawbacks. In
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i
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I will discuss the pros and cons of living in a detached
house
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mansions
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mansion
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and
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or
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apartments
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apartment
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. Discuss
Advantage
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and disadvantages The first advantage is that all
people
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want to have personal space, where nobody would crash in. In that case, living in a detached
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is a perfect way to
fell
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feel
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the whole freedom you have there. To be honest, I live in
an
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own
house
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and
i
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can firmly say that it is the quietest
place
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in the world that gives me an opportunity to relax after difficult days. The second benefit is that your own
place
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gives you
possibility
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the possibility
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to decide how to rebuild or reconstruct something on your own. You may just make a garage for your car, plant a garden or just put
a
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fountain if you want. I can not add that
this
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type of
houses
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house
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allow you to get a dog
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when a lot of flats forbid their inhabitants to do it. On the other side, living in your own
house
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have some disadvantages.
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, it will not be any shops, and you will have to get to the
city
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to make purchases.
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Also
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not every village or agricultural town
allow
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people
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to do shopping online, delivery workers just decline requests to bring
people
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their purchases.
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there is a little variety of public transport. You will need to change busses or another transport in the
city
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to get to the right
place
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.
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,
people
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will not have the same opinion about the question of whereof
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where to leave. On the one hand, it is very convenient to
live
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leave in a crowded
city
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, where everything,
such
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as shops and parks
are
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nearby.
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, everybody wants to be sometimes in
a
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silence and have
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their your
own space. In my opinion, it is much more comfortable to live in your
ownan
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own
own
house
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, because it is very quiet quietly there and you do not have neighbours that could disturb you.
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