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 a negative development?

In multiple countries around the globe,

people

who live in rural areas are moving to urban cities, causing a declining trend in terms of the countryside population. Personally, I believe that it is a great and positive development for two reasons.

To begin

with,

people

moving to the

city

can reduce the human damage to the local natural environment. As

people

are moving away, there will be less air pollution caused by cars emitting greenhouse gases and less water pollution caused by toxic shower lotions and sewage. After all the

people

are moved away from one place, the

earth

will activate its self-repairing feature, making the environment healthy again.

For example

, I watched a video about an expert using a computation model to predict how the

earth

will look like if humans disappear, in the video he mentioned the

earth

can heal itself but it is not possible to happen if humans still exist.

In addition

to saving the

earth

, the movement of

people

from rural areas to urban areas helps the

city

to increase its international competitiveness. If there are more

people

moving to the

city

, meaning a rising number of labourers and workers. Companies can hire more labourers to work for them, to produce more products and export them.

As a result

, the GDP of the

city

will be dramatically increased.

For instance

, Taipei

City

's GDP increased drastically after the international workers settled in, which shows the potential increase in GDP if rural

people

come to the cities. In conclusion, I would argue that the trend of rural

people

moving to metropolis is an optimistic development as it can reduce human damage to the natural surrounding and raise the global competitiveness of the cities.