In many countries around the world, rural people are moving to cities, so the population in the countryside is decreasing. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

Development and civilization are two components of human nature that

has

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resulted in human evolution. All the changes that have occurred in

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history are associated with these two factors either directly or indirectly. The motivation behind many of

choices

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and decisions that

people

make is

also

rooted in their passion for change and development.

That is

why many prefer to seek their dreams in big

cities

instead

of sticking with a more rural and traditional lifestyle. A decrease in the

countryside

population

,

however

, comes with

a prices

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as does any other change and it is because of its consequences that I only partially find it positive. In the following

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I will explain my reasons

further

. The sky is the limit for human ambitions and a long list of facilities and opportunities are required for

such

ambitions to come true. Better access to educational centres, libraries, internet and social media, and a network of professional acquaintances

as well as

more available and lucrative employment opportunities are some of the many reasons for which

people

decide to move into big

cities

. The rural lifestyle,

on the other hand

, is evolved in a way to only support different activities like farming and for an ambitious person with a dream of a bright future,

such

lifestyle

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is practically useless. I find it quite reasonable,

therefore

, for everyone to see big

cities

as their professional utopia. As mentioned earlier,

however

, everything comes with a price and in

this

specific

case

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I assume that the consequences not only affect the individuals but

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also

affect the society as a whole.

For instance

, those moving to big

cities

have to deal with loneliness, more work pressure and stress, different sleeping schemes, unbearable cultural shocks and lack of healthy food and weather; things that they did not have to deal with in a rural environment. A continuous decrease in the

countryside

population

,

on the other hand

, means a sharp rise in the

population

of the urban areas that brings economic, social and even psychological hardships upon the citizens

due to

difficulties in resource distribution. Much of

food

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resources in the urban areas

also

relies

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on the material produced in the

countryside

and if more and more

people

decide to quit their jobs as farmers or gardeners,

then

the results may just be catastrophic. In summary, I find

such

migrations reasonable as long as the balance is kept between the

population

of both rural and urban areas and

that is

only possible by having a realistic perspective. Weighting big

cities

against the

countryside

and understanding their pros and cons before making any important decision helps

people

with avoiding hastily made decisions. The government can

also

play an important role by improving some facilities in the

countryside

to provide

people

with their basic needs, lessening the need for abandoning

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.