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

Nowadays, there is an ongoing trend of
people
moving out of their hometowns in the rural
areas
to
persue
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pursue
careers in the more populated
cities
.
This
tendency is negatively affecting many countries around the world
especially
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the developing ones. I think
this
phenomenon has a deleterious impact on the quality of life, the economy and the environment of both the rural and the central
areas
, and it will continue to do so as long as most
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jobs and opportunities are more distributed in the bigger towns. In the more populated
cities
, when an influx of
people
move to work, study and live there, accommodations become scarce and more expensive.
This
is clearly seen in slums where the number of
housings
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is
conversely
proportional to the number of
people
. It will
also
bring about more criminal activities like theft and drug abuse,
as well as
more prevalence of contagious diseases.
Moreover
, environmental
pollutions
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are
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worsened in busy
areas
where
people
consume more products and release more
wastes
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. An obvious example would be the PM 2.5 air pollution
that is
becoming a serious health threat in many capital
cities
with unsolved traffic congestions.
On the other hand
, when
young
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workforce is leaving the rural
areas
, a stagnation in suburban development will ensue. There would be less educated
people
living in the poorer
areas
to improve their towns in many aspects, including educational systems, jurisdiction systems, and security.
Furthermore
, there would be less labour to carry on agricultural work which is the major source of income in the faraway provinces.
To conclude
, I believe that too much
of
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migrational
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flow to the bigger
cities
contributes
many
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social problems both in the major
cities
and the rural
areas
.
This
problem should be emphasized and solutions should be made to distribute more jobs and opportunities to
people
in the country
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so that they can have good quality of life no matter where they live.
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