When new towns are planned, it is important to build more public parks or sports facilities than shopping centres. Do you agree or disagree?

No doubt, various facilities are planned by the administration keeping into consideration the effective utilization of leisure time of the dwellers.

However

, it is often put forward that

sports

centres

and

parks

should be given more importance than the multiplexes. I completely withstand

this

viewpoint and the ideas surrounding my opinion shall be presented in the upcoming segments.

To begin

, the most convincing argument in favour of establishing

parks

and

sports

facilities is the general well-being of the masses. Needless to say, a vast majority lead a sedentary lifestyle these days. The culprit behind

this

is not just their busy routine but the lack of open areas like

parks

and gardens where they could spend some time inhaling fresh air, taking a walk or doing some light exercises in order to stay physically and mentally.

In contrast

, the encapsulated surrounding and hustle and bustle of shopping

centres

is not conducive to their holistic health.

For example

, in most modern cities like Gurugram, and Bangalore; the frequent visit of residents to malls than public

parks

and playgrounds

is

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having a detrimental impact on their health. Yet another fact is that shopping

centres

generally attract the grown-ups who tend to spend their time going shopping, watching a movie in Cineplex, sitting in a bar and other, contrary to it, the

sports

centres

and

parks

attract youngsters and seniors. These age groups find being at malls an expensive affair.

For instance

, spending an hour at a gaming parlour easily costs around Rs. 1000 in my country which only the affluent can afford,

while

old people do not find anything of interest at these establishments. Understandably, to enjoy recreational activities, the availability of public facilities like gardens and

sports

grounds is more desirable than shopping complexes.

To conclude

, I would like to rewrite,

although

with changing times city planners have started to give priority to shopping

centres

for recreation yet these must not replace the open and public places that are indispensable to the general well-being of the masses.