In many places, new homes are needed, but the only space available for building them is in the countryside. Some people believe it is more important to protect the countryside and not build new homes here. What is your opinion about this?

In recent years, many
people
realize that with the
development
of cities in our country, more and more cities are
built
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, but our
countryside
is vanishing. In my view,
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fast
development
is important, the preservation of
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is more precious and crucial. As we all
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,
city
expansion has lots of benefits for
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economy
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growth, especially in developing
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countries
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like China. Because more cities can bring more jobs and consumption, which can keep the market
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active. And we did have made really great results.
For instance
, in the
last
thirty years,
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Area of Shanghai has changed into the most modern icon globally from a normal
countryside
, which we can be proud of,
also
Shanghai has been one of the biggest
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around
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the world.
Although
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development
is crucial, I think the benefits of
city
expansion can not outweigh the bad influences.
Firstly
, it can decrease
people
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life.
For example
, in
Shanghai
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if we want to get
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with any
countryside
or natural scenery, we have to drive for 2 hours or above, which means our children can not grow up with natural
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and
that is
unhealthy for growth.
Secondly
, for
people
who always live in the
countryside
, they may dislike
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city
life, so all these big changes and new constructions may take their normal life or beautiful hometown away.
Finally
, the constant construction can bring air pollution and
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, which not only is bad for the environment, but
also
cause really serious
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for
people
's health, like
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disease. In conclusion,
although
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fast
development
plays an important role in our country,
but
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for a better environment and
higher
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index of happiness, I hope we can balance the pros and cons.
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