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With growing populations in cities, more and more people live in homes with little or no outdoor space. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?

#populations #cities #people #homes #space #development
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the popula
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tion in
ci
t
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i
es l
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live
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ive
in
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houses with little or no courtyard
space
. Even Though
,
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 a segment of society
seek
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s it as
a
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 positive development,
however
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, I will elucidate my opinions in the upsurging paragraphs. First of all ,the
people
 who are with opine that having less or no outer
space
 is beneficial, states as now parks, playgrounds and gardens are found in every nook and corner of the
cities
 they find the outer
space
 at their houses is useless, as the
people
 living in the
cities
 believe that they have to work the whole week and they just have two relax on the weekends which they prefer to go for outing, friends gathering and many more.
Nevertheless
, having myriad benefits
this
 trend is a negative development earlier in the past
people
 used to have big courtyards with no boundary walls, those
people
 were emotionally connected with each
other
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. Nowadays,
people
do
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not h
ave en
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ough time to ta
lk to
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 each other.
Moreover
, having big out
doo
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a big
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r
space
 have several advantages as small c
hildren can easi
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small children
a small child
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ly play there under the surveillance of their parents without the fear of getting kidnapped. To vindicate-
according to
 an article published in a national daily, over thr
ee-fourt
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hs of
the small chi
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ldren are being kidnapped from the parks and gardens.
Secondly
, having a bigger outdoor
space
 means a bigger parking
space
 as we do not have to quarrel regarding the parking
space
 like in the big
cities
.
To conclude
 ,
while
 living in the city one must have enough outdoor
space
 so that he/she ca
n sp
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so that
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end quality time
with
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 his/her loved ones in that place.
this
 not only makes one positive but
also
 provides mental peace.
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task response
Ensure that your essay completely addresses the prompt by discussing both the positive and negative aspects of living in homes with little outdoor space.
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Work on improving your grammatical accuracy and sentence structures.

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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
    • Sentence 2 - Example
    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • urban density
  • public transportation infrastructure
  • social interaction
  • community bonding
  • mental well-being
  • urban biodiversity
  • urban heat island effect
  • energy-efficient
  • affordable housing
  • cramped living conditions
  • innovative architecture
  • interior design
  • physical activity
  • sedentary lifestyle
  • quality of life
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