Governments should spend money on railways rather than roads. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Governments should spend proper
money
on
railways
and
roads
Now adays
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, governments all around the world are making efforts to build more
railways
, especially high-speed
railways
. Is that reasonable? In my opinion, the answer is it depends. If the
railways
which
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are being built in large cities, flat
areas
, that will be effective and
economic
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, because the large population will make full use the
the
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facilities and the convenient natural conditions will make trains run much faster.
For example
, China has spent lots of
money
on high-speed
railways
between Beijing and Tianjin, and between Beijing and Shanghai, which are busier and faster than other
railways
in China. One of the reasons is that these
areas
have bigger
population
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populations
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and the land is much evener than
other
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in other
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parts
in
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the country.
However
, in
the
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mountainous
areas
,
roads
might be more important and useful than
railways
. We all know that
roads
have
uncomparable
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adventages
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advantages
than
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railways
——more convenient, more flexible, cost less, etc. In the western parts of China,
such
as Xinjiang, Tibet,
Qinghai
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and Qinghai
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, which have broader lands or deserts and
less
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people,
roads
seems
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to be more useful than
railways
and the government should spend more
money
on building more qualified
roads
. All in all, the
governments
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government's
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decisions might have pros and cons, and the wisest decision is not to put all the
money
in one basket. So, the government should spend proper
money
both on
railways
and
roads
based on the situational conditions in different
areas
.
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